of the European Union more people from Central and Eastern Europe have moved to Scotland. Scotland has three officially recognised languages: English‚ Scots‚ and Scottish Gaelic. Almost all Scots speak Scottish English‚ and in 1996‚ the General Register Office for Scotland estimated that between 17 and 33% of the population could speak Scots. Others speak Highland English. Gaelic is mostly spoken in the Western Isles‚ where a large proportion of people still speak it; however‚ nationally its
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in collecting and reviving the traditional literature gained more and more popularity throughout the 18th century. The pioneer in this new Scottish passion for the old literature was James Watson with his A Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems both Ancient and Modern. The collection included mixture of poems‚ macaronics1‚ mock elegies‚ epitaphs‚ sixteenth century love poems‚ patriotic pieces‚ laments‚ etc. The major achievement of this collection in the early 18th century Scottish
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Should Scotland Be Independent? Known as one of the most significant choices made‚ the vote over the Scottish independence allowed Scotland to decide its freedom from the United Kingdom. Scotland was once an independent nation‚ but was later made a part of the United Kingdom. Gaining its independence from the United Kingdom today allows Scotland to generate a number of advantages and disadvantages for the country. Even though 2014’s Scottish independence referendum concluded that Scotland should
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Eighteenth Century British Colonies In the eighteenth century‚ the British Colonies in North America experienced many changes that helped form the identity of America. The demographic‚ ethnic‚ and social characters of Britain’s colonies were some of the major characteristics to be altered in the 1700s. The demographic character of Colonial America resulted in a swing in the balance of power between the colonies and England. In the beginning of the 1700s‚ a population that was initially less than
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Lack of Money One of the reasons why the civil war broke out in England in 1642 was because of Charles ’ lack of money. To discover the source of this‚ we have to go back to the beginning of James ’ reign. James was the first King to reign over both England and Scotland‚ and when he came down from Scotland it is said that he was astonished at how rich England was‚ while James had needed to borrow money for his travelling expenses. When James died in 1625‚ Charles came to the throne‚ and he
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Charles I making the Scottish use English prayer books. They did not like this as they were much more puritan than English people so they were unhappy about Charles changing their religion. This angered the Scots so much that they invaded England in 1639. As Charles was short of money to fight the Scots‚ he had to recall Parliament in 1640 as only they had the necessary money needed to fight a war and the required authority to collect extra money. One of the more political reasons for the English civil
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EXAM PAPER Candidate number: 201 Student number: 74920 Semester/Academic year: 2014 Study program: ERASMUS Subject code: ENG 144 Number of pages: 7 The Personal declaration form has to be delivered to the Student Support Office‚ Berte Kanutte building‚ ground floor‚ or sent to the following address: Høgskulen i Volda Studentsørvis Postboks 500 6101 Volda Culture exam A. Discuss reasons for and the consequences of the Civil War in England. The English Civil
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Research Question: With the upcoming Scottish Referendum‚ how have two Northern Irish newspapers‚ The Irish News and The Belfast Telegraph‚ reported on the issue? Can this portrayal be linked to contemporary unionist and nationalist identity in Northern Ireland? In Autumn 2014 the Scottish people will go to the polls to decide on Scotland’s future independence from Britain. This topic is one which may have direct repercussions on the mind-set and identity of those in Northern Ireland‚ and therefore
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The Life of Mary Stuart‚ Queen of Scots Mary was the youngest queens; she inherited her throne at only six days old. Although she did not start ruling her kingdom until the age of sixteen. Mary of born to King James V and Mary of guise. Her father died when she was only six days old. When this tragic event happened‚ King Henry VII saw an opportunity to unite England and Scotland; he wanted Mary to marry his son‚ Edward. The Scots despised the idea; they wanted Mary to marry A French prince‚ as they
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Scotland from English rule. He died 23rd August 1305 but it is a mystery to when he was born but it was around the 1270s. But historians believe he was born around the town of Elderslie‚ Renfrewshire‚ Scotland. He had no record of having any children Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He was the second of three sons of Sir Malcolm Wallace and Margaret de Crauford. Wallace may have been outlawed
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