re: #287 Nojay UK

The ‘45 (as it’s usually referred to in Scotland) was the last gasp of the Hundred Years War between the French and the English which kicked off in the 1300s. By the 1600s it had devolved, thanks to Henry VIII, into a religious schism, Protestantism vs. Catholicism, with lots of supposed Christian folks shooting at each other in God’s name.

Scotland had melded with England’s monarchy when Protestant James VI was the last man standing in the race to find a successor for the crown of England after Elizabeth I karked it without issue of her loins, and then later when Scotland had bankrupted itself in the Darien Venture the Union of Parliaments happened in 1707 hence the United Kingdom we keep on talking about today. The Stuarts fronted up a damp squib rebellion after the House of Hanover took over the monarchy in 1715 with support from Catholic and Monarchist France, from whence came Bonnie Prince Charlie and a lot of French money to rouse the clans in 1745. As it turned out broadswords and the best songs were no match for metalled roads and artillery (see also Native American tribes vs. US Army passim).

Thanks. The problem with the comparison from earlier is it eventually because whites vs blacks, not North vs South.