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Even though the English and the Scottish crown were united under [[James I]] (Scottish James VI), there was no political union. There were two parliaments, legal systems, education systems, etc. England and Scotland had separate governments. The Act of Union was installed as a result of the [[Act of Settlement]] on the 1st of May 1707 in order to prevent a separation of the two countries (and an attack by the Jacobites). According to the Act of Settlement the Hanoverian house should succeed Queen Anne I. The Hanoverians could claim the English throne, but not automatically the Scottish one. Therefore, England and Scotland were united under the Act of Union and formed the United Kingdom. | Even though the English and the Scottish crown were united under [[James I]] (Scottish James VI), there was no political union. There were two parliaments, legal systems, education systems, etc. England and Scotland had separate governments. The Act of Union was installed as a result of the [[Act of Settlement]] on the 1st of May 1707 in order to prevent a separation of the two countries (and an attack by the Jacobites). According to the Act of Settlement the Hanoverian house should succeed Queen [[Anne I]]. The Hanoverians could claim the English throne, but not automatically the Scottish one. Therefore, England and Scotland were united under the Act of Union and formed the United Kingdom. | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 8 June 2009
Even though the English and the Scottish crown were united under James I (Scottish James VI), there was no political union. There were two parliaments, legal systems, education systems, etc. England and Scotland had separate governments. The Act of Union was installed as a result of the Act of Settlement on the 1st of May 1707 in order to prevent a separation of the two countries (and an attack by the Jacobites). According to the Act of Settlement the Hanoverian house should succeed Queen Anne I. The Hanoverians could claim the English throne, but not automatically the Scottish one. Therefore, England and Scotland were united under the Act of Union and formed the United Kingdom.
Sources:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/Scottish%20Monarchs(400ad-1603)/TheStewarts/Anne.aspx