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The Political and Economic Contest and Context: Scotland and England Before the Union

In: Shifting Capital

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  • Aida Ramos

    (University of Dallas)

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This chapter discusses the political and economic pressures Scotland faced that led to the creation of the Union. It focuses on issues related to trade and sovereignty. The political and economic disadvantages to Scotland’s trade due to the Union of the Crowns are highlighted. The mercantilist actions and countermoves of each country are examined in the practices of the Company of Scotland in the founding of the Darien project and English attempts to thwart it. Scotland’s reassertion of its sovereignty to regain control of its trade policy in the Act of Security is explained. Increasing tension between England and Scotland over control of overseas trade and the structurally violent Alien Act are explored as immediate causes of the opening of the negotiations of Union.

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  • Aida Ramos, 2018. "The Political and Economic Contest and Context: Scotland and England Before the Union," Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought, in: Shifting Capital, chapter 2, pages 23-41, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pshchp:978-3-319-96403-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96403-4_2
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