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The Path To The Referendum
- 1st c AD : Scots build a wall to protect themselves from the Roman invasion.
- 1066 : The Normans conquer England, many Anglo-Saxons from England settle in the Lowlands of Scotland.
- This first mix of population forces the Scots to gradually adopt the English ways.
- 1296 : The King of England, Sir Edward I, crosses the Scottish border and proclaims himself the King of Scotland.
- 1297 : At Stirling Bridge, Sir William Wallace leads the Scots to stop the advance of the King Edward's English army into Scotland and to pursue them back across the border.
- 1298 : Sir Edward I returns and inflicts a disastrous defeat on the Scots at Falkirk.
- Wallace is imprisoned and brutally executed.
- 1314 : Robert the Bruce follows in Wallace's footsteps and fights against the English at Bannockburn near Stirling Castle.
- 1328 : Edward III formally recognizes Scotland's independence.
- 1603 : Scotland and England are united under one single king.
- However, importantly, Scotland remains a separate state with its own parliament and government.
- 1707 : The age-old rivalry between Scotland and England ends formally when the parliaments of both nations agreed to the Act of Union.
- This act merges the parliaments of the two nations and establishes the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1801 : The kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1922 : The Irish Free State succeeds from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1945 : First Scottish Nationalist Member of Parliament is elected.
- The Scottish National Party (SNP) supports and campaigns for Scottish independence.
- 1979 : Referendum to create a Scottish Assembly fails to meet the required majority.
- 1997: Newly elected Labour UK Government under the leadership of Scots-born Prime Minister Tony Blair legislates for a referendum on a devolved Scottish Parliament which is passed by a large majority.
- 1999 : A Scottish Parliament sits for the first time in 272 years.
- Donald Dewar of the Scottish Labour Party elected as First Minister and forms Scottish Executive in coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
- 2007 : The Scottish National Party become the largest party in the Scottish Parliament and forms a minority government.
- 2011 : The Scottish National Party under Alex Salmond gain an overall majority of the Scottish Parliament.
- 2014 : Scotland has a referendum on national independence.
- Nation's majority votes against independance.
- SophiaD
October 2014
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