Parliament of Scotland

The article on the body established in 1999 is at Scottish Parliament.

Union: the Parliament of Great Britain

It is an oversimplification to claim, as Robert Burns memorably did, that the Union of England and Scotland (and hence the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament) was brought about by the Scots members being "bought and sold for English gold", but bribery and parliamentary division combined with wider economic imperatives, partly arising from the disaster of the Darien Scheme to enable the Crown to attain a majority in favour of Incorporating Union with England in the Act of Union 1707 which brought the Parliament of Great Britain.

Related Topics:
Robert Burns - Scots - Darien Scheme - Act of Union 1707 - Parliament of Great Britain

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