the rebellion; a provisional government was established‚ the Scottish Parliament renounced the Pope’s authority‚ and the mass was declared illegal. Scotland had officially become a Protestant country. In 1561 the unexpected return of Mary‚ Queen of Scots re-ignited the whole issue. It seemed that power wouldn’t change hands so easily and that Scotland would have to sail the troubled waters of the Reformation for a while yet. The organ had already ceased to be used for worship in line with the new
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Scotland and the impact of the great war chapter 4 Scotland at work and at war • 3 industries in Scotland were boosted by the great war: coal mining‚ ship building and the production of iron and steel. • These industries went into serious decline after the war and by the mid 1920’s Scotland was facing rising unemployment and industrial decline. Shipbuilding • just before war broke out 100‚000 workers in Scotland depended in some way on the shipbuilding industry for their wages. • when
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Scottish Independence Pre-reading What do you know about Scotland? Use 5 minutes on writing down what you know about Scotland Comprehension 1. What are the arguments for Scottish independence? What are the arguments against? - they want to make their own decisions. The for is Scotland will become lot more independent. 2. Do you think it is solely an economic question? Why/why not? It is not only because of the economic‚ but it has something to do with it. There are a lot of cultural
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Resource Pls‚ a Cape Town firm‚ which has an excellent reputation for reliability and a lot of experience in running centres. They can set up the call centres in Cape Town and run them. Option 3: Outsource the call centres to a company based in Scotland. Use Orion Pls‚ this Scottish firm is new firm and its managers are young. As well‚ the Scottish firm has several contacts with big companies and it is experienced in running call centres but customers have complained in newspapers that the lines
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constituency of West Lothian. His question was: For how long will English constituencies and English Honourable members tolerate...at least 119 Honourable Members from Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland exercising an important‚ and probably often decisive‚ effect on English politics while they themselves have no say in the same matters in Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland? In other words how long can the English tolerate the Scottish telling them what to do‚ while the Scottish would tolerate no such
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for Scotland to gain independence from English rule?. What would happen to the UK if Scotland became “free”? Scotland has always been a country that has wanted to become “free” but has never managed to achieve complete “freedom”. How would Scotland gain independence; through protesting and voting‚ through a violent revolution or through the UK falling apart. When you think about Scotland gaining independence you need to think about the consequences like what would actually happen to Scotland if it
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Braveheart Even though the events in this movie occurred a very long time ago‚ the actions that the Scottish people made then‚ made the country of Scotland the way it is today. As a nation-state‚ the Scottish people were struggling to gain their rights‚ and unify their country as a whole. It wasn’t until William Wallace came around and reminded/showed the Scottish people that they could fight back to gain their rights back. Wallace opened up the eyes of many Scottish people‚ and showed them that
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brief insight into the “highland clearances”‚ giving definition of this period of history‚ accepted reasons ‚ the aftermath of events‚ consequences and varied historical perspectives. A condensed and popular historical viewpoint shows changes in Scotland from the latter parts of the 18th century into the 19th century to show rural depopulation leading to migration‚ linked to industrial revolution and as a result of increased‚ and perhaps more profitable sheep farming. The difficulty‚ and debate
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Scottish Independence and the Referendum A general overview of the upcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. Introduction Described as Scotland ’s "biggest choice since 1707" (McLean et al‚ 2013‚ p. ix)‚ the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence will provide a pivotal event for the current and future populations of Scotland as voters get the opportunity to decide whether or not they are to remain a part of Great Britain or become an independent nation. As McLean et al (2013) have
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Scots to the 16th-centuryReformation and to the introduction of printing. Printing arrived in London in 1476‚ but the first printing press was not introduced to Scotland for another 30 years. Texts such as theGeneva Bible‚ printed in English‚ were widely distributed in Scotland in order to spread Protestant doctrine. King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603. Since England was the larger and richer of the two Kingdoms‚ James moved his court to London in England. The poets of
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