Great Britain/The United Kingdom
In 1707 there was a vote between Scotland and England whether they should stay separate or unite into one. The Acts of Union was originally set on the date of 1st May 1707. During the Acts of Union ,both the Scottish and English government united together to form The Great Britain. During then , A large portion of the population of Scotland were against the idea of Scotland and England becoming The United Kingdom. They feared that sharing the same monarch as England, they would become foreign enemies with them. But, also as reasoning is that Scotland wanted to keep it's countries rights of both independence and freedom. \
Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots were first cousins by blood, and even though they were related they had never met each other physically, But they had loathed each other.
What bought this idea up was when Mary, Queen of Scots had an attempt to try and overthrow Queen Elizabeth I throne and try and claim it for herself ,Over time had passed and both Queen Elizabeth 1 and Mary, Queen of Scots had passed. The Queen Elizabeth had no heir nor children that she could pass the throne to, So it automatically went to King James son of Mary, but also second cousin of Elizabeth. That was how citizens and parliaments of Scotland and England thought of the idea to rise and unite together.
Before The Acts of Union had officially announced that Scotland and England were uniting to for Great Britain, there were three previous attempts from the past. In 1606, 1667 and 1689 ,But it was yet til the 1707 that they had enough support to expand their idea throughout both countries.
When Scotland and England became the Great Britain, they were yet to decide who's flag they were to use. As you can tell for today Northern part of Ireland is included in Great Britain. So they gathered all of Great Britain flags and united them together to create a new one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zbmsgk7/revision/5
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Act-of-Union/
https://www.history.com/news/elizabeth-mary-queen-of-scots-imprisonment-death#:~:targetText=Queen%20Elizabeth%20I%20of%20England,%2C%20charming%2C%20romantic%20and%20reckless.
Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots were first cousins by blood, and even though they were related they had never met each other physically, But they had loathed each other.
What bought this idea up was when Mary, Queen of Scots had an attempt to try and overthrow Queen Elizabeth I throne and try and claim it for herself ,Over time had passed and both Queen Elizabeth 1 and Mary, Queen of Scots had passed. The Queen Elizabeth had no heir nor children that she could pass the throne to, So it automatically went to King James son of Mary, but also second cousin of Elizabeth. That was how citizens and parliaments of Scotland and England thought of the idea to rise and unite together.
Before The Acts of Union had officially announced that Scotland and England were uniting to for Great Britain, there were three previous attempts from the past. In 1606, 1667 and 1689 ,But it was yet til the 1707 that they had enough support to expand their idea throughout both countries.
When Scotland and England became the Great Britain, they were yet to decide who's flag they were to use. As you can tell for today Northern part of Ireland is included in Great Britain. So they gathered all of Great Britain flags and united them together to create a new one.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zbmsgk7/revision/5
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Act-of-Union/
https://www.history.com/news/elizabeth-mary-queen-of-scots-imprisonment-death#:~:targetText=Queen%20Elizabeth%20I%20of%20England,%2C%20charming%2C%20romantic%20and%20reckless.
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