Scottish Independence is a national security threat to the United States & NATO. Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and first minister of the devolved government of Scotland, will be on tour in Washington, DC this week.
The paper covers the economic and social context of Scottish independence and observations of the United Kingdom model, as well as 10 key facts on the UK’s comparative performance as a nation. You can read the first of the documents in full via the Scottish Government website here.
The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has added to the political challenges facing Boris Johnson, the U.K. prime minister. She announced today that her relatively autonomous government in Scotland would pursue a second referendum on full Scottish independence.
The First War of Scottish Independence can be loosely divided into four phases: the initial English invasion and success in 1296; the campaigns led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and various Scottish Guardians from 1297 until John Comyn (the "Red Comyn") negotiated for the general Scottish submission in February ...
William Wallace, a Scottish knight, became a central early figure in the wars to secure Scottish freedom from the English, becoming one of his country's greatest national heroes.
Victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 proved the Scots had regained control of their kingdom. In 1320 the world's first documented declaration of independence, the Declaration of Arbroath, won the support of Pope John XXII, leading to the legal recognition of Scottish sovereignty by the English Crown.
The Anglo-Scottish Wars were a series of military conflicts between the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Sometimes referred to as the Wars of Scottish Independence they were fought between the years of 1296 – 1346.
In real life, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace were allies, openly fighting together – but in the movie, Robert the Bruce betrays Wallace. That couldn't be more wrong. Robert the Bruce was so committed to Scottish independence that he offed his rival in church to crown himself King.
William Wallace, in full Sir William Wallace, (born c. 1270, probably near Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland—died August 23, 1305, London, England), one of Scotland's greatest national heroes and the chief inspiration for Scottish resistance to the English king Edward I.
Scotland emerged as an independent polity during the Early Middle Ages, with some historians dating its foundation from the reign of Kenneth MacAlpin in 843.
May 1, 1707Scotland / Founded
The government believes 57% of rural land is in private hands, with about 12.5% owned by public bodies, 3% under community ownership and about 2.5% is owned by charities and other third sector organisations. The remainder is thought to be owned by smaller estates and farms which are not recorded in those figures.
William himself took over the ram with his troops and pushed it into the gate despite repeated archer fire, and eventually pushed the gates open. Wallace sacked the city, and had the Governor of York executed. He sent his head in a basket to King Edward with the note that he had sacked York.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge The English army was led by the Earl of Surrey, who was Edward I's lieutenant in Scotland, and Hugh de Cressingham, the Treasurer of Scotland. Neither of these men saw either Wallace or Moray as a threat and they expected to crush the rebel Scots.
The Times also frequently printed letters from Cumming in which he pointed to perceived misdeeds on the part of the Roman Catholic Church . Cumming also took a deep interest in Christian eschatology, adhering to the Historicist school of Christian eschatology.
His mother died in 1827 giving birth to his youngest brother, Hercules Cumming. She is buried in St Nicholas Churchyard in Aberdeen. He attended Aberdeen Grammar School and then studied divinity at King's College in Aberdeen. In 1832, Cumming was appointed to the Crown Court Church (the Scottish National Church) in Covent Garden, London, ...
Cumming was one of the most virulently anti-Catholic preachers of his day. Several of his books attacked Catholicism, including The Romish Church a Dumb Church (Arthur Hall, 1853) and Ritualism, the Highway to Rome (James Nisbet & Co., 1867). He gave public lectures denouncing Cardinals Nicholas Wiseman and John Henry Newman. The Times also frequently printed letters from Cumming in which he pointed to perceived misdeeds on the part of the Roman Catholic Church .
Cumming was a controversial figure in his day, George Eliot being the most prominent figure to criticize him for his anti-Catholicism, obsession with the End Times, and perceived intellectual dishonesty. In 1853 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was Sir John Archibald Murray . Cumming retired in 1879.