Question

what was the impact of the act of union on Scotland

Answer 1

the act of union 1707 between england and scotland

england was able to impose its infuence on scotland.

Answer 2

The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland—which at the time were separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarch—were, in the words of the Treaty, "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain".[2]

Union with Scotland Act 1706[1]
Act of Parliament

Parliament of England
Long title
An Act for a Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland
Citation
1706 c. 11
Territorial extent
Kingdom of England (inc. Wales); subsequently, United Kingdom
Status: Current legislation
Revised text of statute as amended
Union with England Act 1707
Act of Parliament

Parliament of Scotland
Long title
Act Ratifying and Approving the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England
Citation
1707 c. 7
Territorial extent
Kingdom of Scotland; subsequently, United Kingdom
Status: Current legislation
Revised text of statute as amended

Treaty of Union
1706
Acts of Union
1707
Personal Union of 1714
1714
Wales and Berwick Act
1746
Irish Constitution
1782
Acts of Union
1800
Government of Ireland Act
1920
Anglo-Irish Treaty
1921
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act
1927
N. Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act
1972
European Communities Act
1972
Local Government Act
1972
Local Government (Scotland) Act
1973
Northern Ireland Assembly
1973
N. Ireland Constitution Act
1973
Referendum Act
1975
Scotland Act
1978
Wales Act
1978
Local Government (Wales) Act
1994
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act
1994
Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act
1997
Good Friday Agreement
1998
Northern Ireland Act
1998
Government of Wales Act
1998
Scotland Act
1998
Government of Wales Act
2006
Northern Ireland Act
2009
European Union Act
2011
Scotland Act
2012
Edinburgh Agreement
2012
Wales Act
2014
European Union Referendum Act
2015
Scotland Act
2016
Wales Act
2017
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The two countries had shared a monarch since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne from his double first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I. Although described as a Union of Crowns, until 1707 there were in fact two separate Crowns resting on the same head (as opposed to the implied creation of a single Crown and a single Kingdom, exemplified by the later Kingdom of Great Britain). There had been three attempts in 1606, 1667, and 1689 to unite the two countries by Acts of Parliament, but it was not until the early 18th century that both political establishments came to support the idea, albeit for different reasons.

The Acts took effect on 1 May 1707. On this date, the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament united to form the Parliament of Great Britain, based in the Palace of Westminster in London, the home of the English Parliament.[3] Hence, the Acts are referred to as the Union of the Parliaments. On the Union, the historian Simon Schama said "What began as a hostile merger, would end in a full partnership in the most powerful going concern in the world ... it was one of the most astonishing transformations in European history."[4]