A History of Britain, episode 10: Britannia Incorporated, chapter 3

A History of Britain IV, Britannia Incorporated, chapter 3, written and presented by Simon Schama

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[socrateswept]

@BonnieBlueFlag1314 Seriously, and not wishing to 'nitpick' but exactly what sort of pressure could England exert on Spain around the 1690's? It's not as if they were the sick man of Europe yet.

[TheLiberalKnight]

@socrateswept Yes, that is the only reason. Until Scotland boosts it's population by 1000%, it can never be richer than England. Tell that to the next retarded Scot nationalist you see.

[socrateswept]

@TheLiberalKnight If only because of demographics and its geographic location, yes, that's true.

[TheLiberalKnight]

@BonnieBlueFlag1314 England has always been, and will always be, stronger than Scotland.

[mesmiths]

@1991Historybuff

That's a very narrow way of looking at it, especially for a history buff. The series is after all titled 'a history of Britain' the very nation which came into being through the treaty of 1707. I'd suggest that it is a great deal more interesting and relevant than you imply laughably as 'addition of territory'.

Schama gives more time to gardening fashions of the English gentry than to the treaty and thus, I think, he gives the game away as to his and the series' bias.

[1991Historybuff]

@mesmiths but for the english its not such a big deal, for us it represents the addition of more territory but for the scots it represents the end of an independant scotland

[BonnieBlueFlag1314]

@NattyBonCom England went to considerably efforts to make sure the Darien Scheme didn't work out. There were significant faults in the Scottish plan to make hte colony work, but it was given no chance of success by English blockade and English diplomatic pressure on Spain.

[BonnieBlueFlag1314]

@computers734 Actually Charles had promised to end the political union and to reestablish the Scottish Parliament. One can assume the pre-1707 situation would of been reinstated between Scotland and England of some political independence under a dynastic union. There are Jacobite swords with 'prosperity to Scotland and no union' inscribed on them. I find it hard to beleive they would fight for Charles thinking that he was going to continue the union.

[MrChristianHau]

Does anyone knows which music track playing at 3:44 in the vidoe?

[Flain100]

British by birth,

ENGLISH by the grace of God.