Scottish civilisation #1 Sudden death

The 1st Jacobite rebellion took place in 2020

The Battle of Bannockburn was decisive and took place in 1314

Elizabeth I was Mary Stuart's cousin and that is why she ordered her execution

James VI/I became king of England after the death of Elizabeth I in 1603

James VI was the son of Elizabeth I of England

The Auld Alliance was between France and Scotland

The Act of Union was made in 1707

Robert the Bruce was king of Scotland and his brother Edward the Bruce was king of Ireland

The three parts of Scotland are the Highlands (with the Islands), the Lowlands, and the Orkneys & Shetlands.

Mary Stuart was Protestant

British kings had much power on the inhabitants of the Highlands before the 18th c.

The reason why the Scots signed the Act of Union was economic: by signing it they had access to a new market

Society in the Lowlands was organized by clans

The taksman is a military leader and an administrator

One of the nicknames of Charles Edward Stuart was Bonnie Prince Charming