Question

Why some scholars argued that the model of nation or nation - state is Great Britain? class 10

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

The Act of Union that passed in the year 1707 followed in the establishment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Therefore, it can be seen that the only difference for the formation of nation-states was the difference of the process including the sudden reaction and a long term reaction.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The model of the nation or the nation-state, some scholars have argued, is Great Britain-In Britain the formation of the nation-state was not the result of a sudden upheaval or revolution. It was the result of a long-drawn-out process.  

• There was no British nation prior to the 18thcentury. The primary identities of the people who inhabited the British Isles were ethnic ones – such as English, Welsh, Scot or Irish. All of these ethnic groups had their own cultural &political traditions.  

• But as the English nation steadily grew in wealth, importance &power, it was able to extend its influence over the other nations of the islands.  

• The English parliament, which had seized power from the monarchy in 1688 at the end of a protracted conflict, was the instrument through which a nation-state, with England at its centre, came to be forged.  

• The Act of Union (1707) between England &Scotland that resulted in the formation of the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’ meant, in effect, that England was able to impose its influence on Scotland. The British parliament was henceforth dominated by its English members.

• The growth of a British identity meant that Scotland’s distinctive culture &political institutions were systematically suppressed.  

• The Catholic clans that inhabited the Scottish Highlands suffered terrible repression whenever they attempted to defend their independence.  

• The Scottish Highlanders were forbidden to speak their Gaelic language or wear their national dress, &large numbers were forcibly driven out of their homeland.  

• [How did Ireland suffer due to British dominance?]

• Ireland suffered a similar fate. It was a country deeply divided between Catholics &Protestants.  

• The English helped the Protestants of Ireland to establish their dominance over a largely Catholic country.( cuz the English /England was protestant dominated)Catholic revolts against British dominance were suppressed.  

• After a failed revolt led by Wolfe Tone &his United Irishmen (1798), Ireland was forcibly incorporated into the United Kingdom in 1801. A new ‘British nation’ was forged through the spread of a dominant English culture.  

• The symbols of the new Britain – the British flag (Union Jack), the national anthem (God Save Our Noble King), the English language – were actively promoted &the older nations survived only as subordinate partners in this union.