AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
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the Toleration Act
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the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada
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the Act of Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 previous home of the English Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments in 1707, led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May of that year.
Detailed explanation-3: -Put simply, the Presbyterian church that was restored in Scotland following the Revolution of 1688 was a staunchly Protestant one, and adherents of this faith therefore had a compelling reason to view union with England as the best defence against the related threats of Jacobitism and the power of Catholic France.
Detailed explanation-4: -’That the two Kingdoms of (fn. 1) Scotland and England, shall, upon the first Day of May next ensuing the Date hereof, and for ever after, be united into one Kingdom by the Name of Great-Britain, and that the Ensigns Armorial of the said united Kingdom, be such as her Majesty shall appoint; and the Crosses of St.
Detailed explanation-5: -This changed dramatically in 1603 on the death of Elizabeth I of England. Because the Queen had died unmarried and childless, the English crown passed to the next available heir, her cousin James VI, King of Scotland. England and Scotland now shared the same monarch under what was known as a union of the crowns.