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Our independent Scotland will be free of the shackles imposed against our will
THE majority of Scots were against the Acts of Union. In 1706, opposition to the Treaty of Union was voiced by petitions from parishes, presbyteries and burghs, and riots broke out in Scotland’s cities. The Duke of Hamilton promised to speak for the people but when it came to the vote in Parliament, he stayed home with toothache. In retaliation, an angry mob chased his coach through the streets of Edinburgh. Like many of the nobles in the Scottish Parliament, Hamilton ran up huge debts, making
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