How Scotland Joined Great Britain
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Back in the 1690s there were only two countries on the island of Great Britain: The Kingdomof Scotland and the Kingdom of England.England and the other great european powers were doing rather well for themselves by expandingtheir empires through the cunning use of flags.Scotland had no empire but wanted to join in the game, and thus needed to establisha colony of her very own.But where to build it?"Panama!" declared Scotland.She imagined the colony's strategic location would make trade with the far east safer andfaster by eliminating the long journey around the hazardous Cape of Good Hope and Cape Hornwhere both wind and wave delight in smashing ships against rock and ice."Who will lend me money to make this great idea a reality?&...
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Back in the 1690s there were only two countries on the island of Great Britain: The Kingdomof Scotland and the Kingdom of England.England and the other great european powers were doing rather well for themselves by expandingtheir empires through the cunning use of flags.Scotland had no empire but wanted to join in the game, and thus needed to establisha colony of her very own.But where to build it?"Panama!" declared Scotland.She imagined the colony's strategic location would make trade with the far east safer andfaster by eliminating the long journey around the hazardous Cape of Good Hope and Cape Hornwhere both wind and wave delight in smashing ships against rock and ice."Who will lend me money to make this great idea a reality?&...
