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189. Why is Scotland in the UK? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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The History of the Union of Crowns

Mary became Queen of Scotland just six days after her birth, after the death of her father. Mary was forced to abdicate in 1567 and her one year old son James became the king of Scotland. When Elizabeth I died in 1603, James VI of Scotland also became James I of England. This historic event is known as the Union of Crowns. But it did not mean that England and Scotland were unified. They were both independent and sovereign nations under James. It was not until a hundred years later, in 1707, that the act of union brought the two kingdoms together as one country.

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