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One fashionable view is that Britain was never more than a contingent political construction a product of the specific historical circumstances of imperial conquest by the English of Wales and Ireland, and the bargain that the Scots did with the English in the Act of Union of 1707.
ECONOMIST: English nationalism: Identity crisis | The
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Amendments to some of Britain's key constitutional documents, including the Bill of Rights and Coronation Oath Act of 1688, the 1701 Act of Settlement and the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England, will be necessary to enact the bill.
BBC: Royal succession bill published
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Scotland got the 1707 Act of Union for its pains.
FORBES: When Scotland Lost Its Mind