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In a nutshell this ‘Glorious Revolution’ of sectarianism, king nobbling and incest goes down like a shite sandwich in Scotland, and it leads directly to the first Jacobite Rising of 1689 and subsequent unrest, as those ‘loyal to Jacob’ (Hebrew for James) are determined to put a Stuart king back on the throne and keep Scotland independent. The 1707 Act of Union, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain, further inflames the Jacobites,
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
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