Thread by @SeannachaidhS

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 1/"Given the tense nature of Anglo-Scottish relations, an incorporating union would remove the worst possible scenario from the Scottish perspective, namely a military invasion of Scotland... An invasion of Scotland was one policy option considered if an incorporating union..."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 2/"...should fail to be secured, but it remains debatable whether or not this was a disguised threat designed to bully the Scots into a negotiating position or whether or not English military forces would have been sent into Scotland. James Johnston informed Baillie of..."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 3/"...Jerviswood in 1704 of the political mood in London; 'The spirit here runs upon conquest or union. A similar view was expressed in 1705; 'Its now noe more conquer or unite, but reduce or annexe. Threats of a direct military invasion were hinted at as early as 1705..."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 4/"...whilst an English military force was situated near the Scottish border in December 1706, as the Treaty was proceeding through the Scottish Parliament, in preparation for movement if called upon by James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Her Majesty's Commissioner..."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 5/"...in Scotland. James Johnston informed Baillie of the prevailing mood in London in the winter of 1706:

The discourse here is, that orders are sent down to the Ministry to despatch the business of the Union one way or other, and to assure them that there shall..."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 6/"...be troops at hand on the Borders and in Ireland, and from Flanders too, if they need them, and it's say'd ships of war too are order'd to your coasts.

The option of military forces was not only considered as a means of enforcing an incorporating union but also for..."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 7/"...with internal insurrection in Scotland and anti-union mob behaviour. Lord Treasurer Godolphin informed Marlborough in the winter of 1706 of the prospect of open revolt and insurrection in Scotland in response to the union..Johnston's information of troop movements in the.."

@pix3lpro @DarkIslandTours @LiberationScot 8/"...winter of 1706 is also confirmed by correspondence between Lord Treasurer Godolphin and Marlborough. Thus, 'The Queen will have the precaution of making some regiments move towards the north of England and of Ireland."

Devine, 18th century Scotland: New perspectives.