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	Declaration of Arbroath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was in part due to his intervention that a short-lived peace treaty between Scotland and England, the Treaty of Northampton, renouncing all English claims to Scotland, was finally signed by the English king, Edward III, on the 1 March 1328.
		The most widely known English language translation was created by Sir James Fergusson, formerly Keeper of the Records of Scotland, from text that he reconstructed using this extant copy and early copies of the original draft.
		The stirring rhetoric of the Declaration has made it famous both in Scotland, and internationally, and it is argued that it had some influence on the drafters of the United States Declaration of Independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath (784 words)

	SCOTLAND - LoveToKnow Article on SCOTLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		On the east side of Scotland, where so many fragments of the Secondary rocks occur as boulders in the glacial deposits, a large mass of strata was formerly exposed at Linksfield to the north of Elgin, containing fossils which appear to show it to belong to the Rhaetic beds at the top of the Trias.
		The Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act of 1878 entrusted the control of the roads to royal and police burghs and in the counties to road trustees, from whom it was transferred by the Local Government Act of 1889 to county councils, the management, however, being in the hands of district committees.
		The earliest records concerning coalpits appear to be the charters granted, towards the end of the 12th century, to William Oldbridge of Carriden in Linlithgowshire, and in -1291 to the abbot and convent of Dunfermline conferring the privilege of digging coal in the lands of Pittencrieff.
	6.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SC/SCOTLAND.htm (19126 words)

	Claim of Right Act 1689 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Claim of Right is an Act passed by the Parliament of Scotland in April 1689.
		King James VII of Scotland, who was also King of England and Ireland as James II, attempted to resist the invasion.
		As James had not been present in Scotland during the crisis and had not fled from Scottish territory in December, it would be highly dubious to claim that he had 'abdicated' the Scottish throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Claim_of_Right (298 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scotland
		Scotland was an independent kingdom until James VI succeeded to the English Crown in 1603; and it continued constitutionally separate from England until the conclusion of the treaty of union a century later.
		The proposal was favourably received in Scotland; but while the eight-year-old queen was on her way from Orkney, and the realm was immediately divided by rival claimants to the throne, John de Baliol and Robert Bruce, both descended from a brother of William the Lion.
		Scotland was the last state in Christendom to adhere to the antipope, and only in 1418 declared her allegiance to the rightful pontiff, Martin V.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13613a.htm (9453 words)

	Independence: Scotland as a Viable Nation State
		Scotland was too weak, too poor and too vulnerable for it to opt for independence and maintain, let alone increase, its relative living standards.
		PM Harold Wilson "claimed the oil off Scotland was worth 200 billion pounds at 1974 prices, and estimates of the taxation revenue from the oil varied up to 3 billion pounds a year" as of 1976.
		Scotland's general room for maneuver economically would be limited by "its comparative powerlessness" but this does not have to imply that it could not act in areas where it perceived its real interests to lie.
	www.hfienberg.com /scots/490independence.html (3413 words)

	The History of Protestantism by J. A. Wylie
		The struggle for Scotland's political independence in the fourteenth century was a necessary preliminary to its struggle for its religious Reformation in the sixteenth.
		The nation was roused, and Scotland waited only the advent of one of its exiled sons, who was day by day drawing nearer it, to start up as one man and rend from its neck the cruel yoke which had so long weighed it down in serfdom and superstition.
		Scotland would not be overlooked in the orthodox crusade, and the regent already saw in the contemplated measures the occupation of that country by French soldiers.
	www.whatsaiththescripture.com /Voice/History.Protestant.v3.b24.html (13964 words)

	Skyelander's COMPLETE Scottish History Timeline
		Scotland is liberally scattered with elaborate Pictish Standing Stones whose meaning has not yet been fully deciphered.
		The Legendary "Arthur", King of the Britons is claimed to have led a band of elite Celtic warriors (Britons) in a desperate struggle against the invading, pagan Saxons.
		Scotland's Coronation Stone - the "Stone of Destiny" - is stolen by Edward I and taken to Westminster Abbey (in London) by the English.
	members.aol.com /skyelander/timeline.html (4170 words)

	Indymedia Scotland: home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Scotland Against Criminalising Communities have expressed alarm at the arrest of three more men in the Stirling area on Monday under “anti-terrorism” legislation.
		A deer farm praised for its animal welfare standards was attacked by animal rights activists late on the night of Wednesday 22nd March.
		But his claim for asylum has been rejected, so Mr Bajaj is no longer eligible for asylum seeker support, is unable to pay his rent, and Glasgow City Council have moved to evict the family.
	www.scotland.indymedia.org (657 words)

	Archontology.org: History of JAMES II: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
		Although the House of Commons attempted to prevent James' accession, he acceded to the throne of England (as James II) and Scotland (as James VII) after the death of his brother Charles II in 1685.
		On 12 Feb 1689 the Convention Parliament, assembled at Westminster, adopted the Declaration of Rights, which proclaimed that James II "abdicated the Government" and therefore the throne became vacant.
		The Estates of Scotland approved the "Claim of Right" and declared that James had "forfeited" the throne (11 Apr 1689).
	www.archontology.org /nations/england/king_grbritain/james2.php (657 words)

	In Freedom's Cause by G. A. Henty: Chapter XXII. A Prisoner
		I deemed not that there was a knight in Scotland, save the Bruce himself, who could have so borne himself; and never did I, Ingram de Umfraville, come nearer to losing my seat than I did from that backhanded blow you dealt me. My head rings with it still.
		Concerning the lawfulness of his claim to be your lord paramount, I own that I neither know nor care one jot.
		Edward's sole claim to Scotland was that he was determined to unite under his rule England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and he failed because the people of Scotland, deserted as they were by all their natural leaders, preferred death to such a slavery as that under which Ireland and Wales helplessly groaned.
	www.online-literature.com /ga-henty/in-freedoms-cause/23 (2256 words)

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		This passion was declared in the 1988 Claim of Right for Scotland and in the Constitutional Convention then being concocted by the churches, the established "opposition" parties and those aspiring to be established parties.
		In his commentary, Canon Kenyon Wright announces that the Convention "will give new hope to Scotland, and to many far beyond, of a new form of democracy, which is fully participative and not just representative".
		Professors (Bernard Crick in New Statesman & Society, 7/12/90), exhibit a partisan will-to-believe which they would fail in a student essay, and proclaim the Claim of Right to be "truly on a level with the great pamphlets of the American and French revolutions".
	www.textfiles.com /politics/SPUNK/sp000028.txt (505 words)

	Scots-Irish
		To Pennsylvania authorities the "bold and indigent strangers" who asserted squatter's rights near the boundary between Chester County, Pa. and Cecil County, Md. were exploiting a territorial dispute between the Penns and Calverts.
		In the 1730s, before Virginia's Governor Gooch granted William Beverly the right to 118,491 acres in what became Augusta and Rockingham Counties, squatters from the north were already there, raising single-story, windowless log cabins, the roofs held on mainly by gravity.
		Two hundred years later Valley folk continued to tell the story of a young bond slave who went out to claim land in the last year of her servitude, who returned in "leather shirt, pants, and moccasins" and was recognized as Polly Milhollin, a servant in the home of Mr.
	www.people.virginia.edu /~mgf2j/irish.html (4086 words)

	The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
		A common grievance against these Scots colonial authorities was their habit to squatting on the land and not taking claim to it officially.
		The wilderness literally crept right up to their feet and brushed their faces as they walked.
		Reflecting the heritage of the congregation, the seal of the Church of Scotland is displayed in the stained glass window over the main entrance, and the decorative wrought iron grilles contain thistles, the symbol of Scotland.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/america/wagon_road.htm (3587 words)

	Scottish Constitutional Convention: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Scottish Constitutional Convention (SCC) was established after prominent Scottish (Scottish: The dialect of English used in Scotland) individuals signed the Claim of Right in 1989.
		The CSA was an organisation of individuals committed to some form of Home Rule (Home Rule: Self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government) for Scotland that by the late 1980s came to argue that a convention was the way forward to secure such.
		The convention published its blueprint for devolution (devolution: The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)) in 1995 and it provided the basis for the structure of the existent Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament: the scottish parliament (pàrlamaid na h-alba in gaelic, scots pairlament in scots)...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/scottish_constitutional_convention (477 words)

	Europe of the Regions? Subsidiarity, Democracy, and Scotland in Europe
		In order to grapple effectively with the issues governing Scotland and Europe, one must explore several points: regional policy within the EU; the European Parliament and elections to it; the views of Scotland's main political parties on Europe and the EU; and the prospects for the future.
		The most important for Scotland is Scotland Europa, which has taken on a de facto role of representation for Scotland in Brussels.
		Most of Scotland falls under one of three criteria for aid: (1) a region with per capita GDP less than 75% of the EU average; (2) areas suffering industrial decline; (3) underdeveloped rural areas with a high concentration of agriculture.
	www.hfienberg.com /scots/490europe.html (2933 words)

	Harry Houdini - Biography
		Throughout his life, Harry Houdini claimed that he was born April 6, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin.
		His mother claimed that as a child he learned to open locked cabinets to get at pies and sweets she had baked, but the story may be more legend than fact.
		Ehrich claimed October 28, 1883 as the date of his first appearance before an audience.
	www.apl.org /history/houdini/biography.html (2765 words)

	Midlothian SNP Political Letters from Joe-Middleton.web-page.net
		Scotland's education system desperately needs more money but it also needs a Government which is in tune with public opinion ie sympathetic to the principle of comprehensive education and equally high standards for all.
		Their claim is that their are too many people claiming sickness benefit and typically they blame GP's, who they claim are signing fit people of as sick so they can receive a higher level of benefit.
		I attended the 'Scotland United' rally at the weekend and was impressed with the Labour party's conversion to SNP policy of a multi-choice referendum.
	www.geocities.com /joe_middleton_sco/letters_pol1.html (21724 words)

	Revealed: Who Really Found Saddam?
		American officials later said they expected that the $30m bounty promised by their government for the capture or death of the Hussein sons would be paid.
		Given their direct involvement in providing the exact location and intelligence necessary, no doubt Talabani's PUK operatives could lay claim to the sum, but no confirmation of any delivery or receipt of the cash has ever been made.
		We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/1221-02.htm (1935 words)

	Technorati Tag: scotland
		Scotland Vacations Compare prices, read user reviews of hotels and search for travel deals to Scotland.
		April 28th, 2006 Visitors home in on Scotland for house-swapping holidays FROM country castles to suburban semis, Scotland is the fastest-growing...
		I went and had a wander around BBC Scotland's new building down at Pacfic Quay, which is looking nearly finished.
	technorati.com /tag/scotland (546 words)

	iJeff -- Holiday in the U.K., The British Open
		Players must hit a blind tee shot over the corner of the St. Andrews Hotel to a thin fairway, and on their approach shot avoid a road that runs along the right side of the green (and players must play from it if their ball lands there) and a pot bunker on the left side.
		The bunker is the worst of all disasters, five feet deep and it sucks balls in from 20 yards away, as the slope directs the ball to the trap.
		In fact, the train is right next to the golf course at Carnoustie, where 1999's Open Championship was held.
	www.geocities.com /rushingjeff/essays/britain5.html (1938 words)

	Scotland: The Declaration of Arbroath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Although the English armies under Edward II were routed at Bannockburn in 1314 and by 1319, with the recapture of Berwick, effectively expelled from Scottish soil, they continued to mount attacks into Robert the Bruce's Scotland over the succeeding years.
		It was drawn up in Arbroath Abbey on the 6th April 1320, most likely by the Abbot, Bernard de Linton, who was also the Chancellor of Scotland.
		It used stong words, indicating that without acceptance of the Scottish case that the wars would continue and the resultant deaths would be the responsibility of the Pope.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/scotland/arbroath.html (225 words)

	Albion's Seedlings: Federal Britain
		This latter hypothesis has some credibility as it is supported by Conservative claims that devolution was an attempt by Labour to gerrymander the UK constitution, and is borne out by the fact that Labour only offered devolution to within Britain to Scotland, Wales, and the three northern English regions — all Labour heartlands.
		Scotland (Wales and Northern Ireland) have suffered less in this respect because they do at least have a Secretary of State of Scotland and a Scottish Office (and even a Scottish Grand Committee) to push their concerns.
		Essentially what they (and she) seem to be saying is that although Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have devolved administrations that are considered regions by the EU (and the UK Government), England cannot have a parliament (as opposed to the EU regions it has now) because fighting the EU is more important.
	anglosphere.com /weblog/archives/000088.html (5466 words)

	Road Traffic Accident Compensation Scotland, Road Accident Claim Scotland,
		This does not make us complacent, as we appreciate that every claim we deal with is an ordeal for the accident victim, but it does make us experts in the field of road accident claims.
		Usually you have three years from the date of your road traffic accident to make a claim for compensation, but this is not always the case.
		With Accident Compensation Scotland having over 10 years of experience in handling Road Traffic Accident Claims, you can be sure that you will receive the right amount of compensation for your claim.
	accidentcompensationscotland.co.uk /road-traffic-accident-claims.html (571 words)

	The Mirror (London, England): A PARLIAMENT FOR SCOTLAND: A day for Scots as our claim of right is settled ..300 years ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A PARLIAMENT FOR SCOTLAND: A day for Scots as our claim of right is settled..300 years on.(News)
		IT WAS the day Scotland claimed its destiny after 300 years - and a day of triumph for the Scottish people.
		All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:60442570&refid=ink_tptd_np (223 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		That it is the right and priviledge of the subjects to protest for remeed of law to the King and Parliament against Sentences pronounced by the lords of Sessione Provydeing the samen Do not stop Execution of these sentences
		That it is the right of the subjects to petition the King and that all Imprisonments and prosecutiones for such petitioning are Contrary to law
		To which Demand of ther rights and redressing of their greivances they are particularly Encouraged by his Majesty the King of England his Declaration for the Kingdome of Scotland of the day of October last as being the only means for obtaining a full redress and remedy therin
	www.rahbarnes.demon.co.uk /clai1689.htm (1309 words)

	Thinking Anglicans: employment status of the clergy
		Although the case itself concerned a claim alleging sex discrimination in the (presbyterian) Church of Scotland, it could have much wider ramifications in the long term.
		Church of Scotland Board of National Mission (Respondent) (Scotland) and a PDF of this, which may be more convenient because it is some 60 pages long on paper, is here.
		In the five-minute discussion which passed for a "debate" of these proposals at the London Diocesan Synod, there were some priests who were extremely doubtful about the ability of an employment tribunal to deal with the office and work of a priest.
	www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk /archives/001471.html (687 words)

	Right For Scotland: Send in the Marines [in the scud]
		Today’s Government has very little experience of the military and their policies on the Scottish Regiments, procurement, Gays and reorganisation show that they simply view the forces as the last bastion of the old ways ripe for social engineering.
		After all, to the Left wing in society all that testosterone simply serves to turn ordinary men and women into bloodthirsty psychopaths.
		I am with Rotty, never in the field of human conflict has a fascist scumbag wilted in the face of sustained attack by Human Right lawyers.
	rightforscotland.blogspot.com /2005/11/send-in-marines-in-scud.html (614 words)

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