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Friday, 17 October 2014

Scottish Referendum.


HISTORY:
The Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were established as independent countries during the Middle Ages. After fighting a series of wars during the 14th century, the two monarchies entered a personal union in 1603 (the Union of the Crowns) when James VI of Scotland also became James I of England. The two nations were temporarily united under one government when Oliver Cromwell was declared Lord Protector of a Commonwealth in 1653, but this was dissolved when the monarchy was restored in 1660. Scotland and England united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, factors in favour of union being, on the Scottish side, the economic problems caused by the failure of the Darien scheme and, on the English, securing the Hannoverian line of succession. Great Britain in turn unitedwith the Kingdom of Ireland in 1801, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Most of Ireland left the Union in 1922 as the Irish Free State; thus the full name of the sovereign state today is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

























If Scotland votes NO,will there be another referendum or independence at a later date?
The Edinburgh Agreement states that there is no arrangement in place for another referendum. This means that only a majority vote for YES in 2014 would give certainty that Scotland will be independent.






























YES> green NO> red



Who can vote in the referendum?
*British citizens resident in Scotland.
*Commonwealth citizens resident in Scotland.
*Citizens of the Republic of Ireland and other EU countries resident in Scotland.
*Members of the House of Lords resident in Scotland. 






By:
Rocío Pascual 1ºBAH A
Nieves Castellanos 1ºBAH A
Paula Medina  1ºBAH A

1 comment:

  1. Very interesting ! thank to you guys now I know more about Scotland.

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