Scotland - Cromwell, Highlands, Islands

Scotland

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Introduction & Quick Facts
Land
- Relief
- Drainage
- Soils
- Climate
- Plant and animal life
People
- Ethnic groups
- Languages
- Religion
- Settlement patterns
- Demographic trends
Economy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
  - Agriculture
  - Forestry
  - Fishing
- Resources and power
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Services
- Transportation
Government and society
- Constitutional framework
- Local government
- Justice
- Political process
- Security
- Health and welfare
- Housing
- Education
Cultural life
- Daily life and social customs
- The arts
- Cultural institutions
- Sports and recreation
- Media and publishing
History
- Ancient times
  - Roman penetration
  - Christianity
  - The Norse influence
- The unification of the kingdom
  - The development of the monarchy
  - David I (1124–53)
  - Medieval economy and society
  - David I’s successors
- The Wars of Independence
  - Competition for the throne
  - Robert I (1306–29)
  - David II (1329–71)
- Scotland in the 15th century
  - The early Stewart kings
  - 15th-century society
- Scotland in the 16th and early 17th centuries
  - James IV (1488–1513) and James V (1513–42)
  - Mary (1542–67) and the Scottish Reformation
  - James VI (1567–1625)
- The Age of Revolution (1625–89)
  - Charles I (1625–49)
  - Cromwell
  - The Restoration monarchy
- The era of union
  - The revolution settlement
  - The Act of Union and its results
  - Jacobitism in the Highlands
  - The Scottish Enlightenment
- 19th-century Scotland
  - The Industrial Revolution
  - Politics and religion
  - The Highlands
- Scotland since World War I
  - World War I and after
  - World War II and after
  - North Sea oil and the rise of Scottish nationalism
  - The establishment of a Scottish Parliament
  - Scottish independence referendum
  - Scotland under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Sovereigns of Scotland

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Cromwell imposed on Scotland a full and incorporating parliamentary union with England (1652). However, this union, maintained by an army of occupation, did not enjoy popular consent. Nevertheless, Cromwell’s administration of Scotland was efficient, and his judges, some of them Englishmen, achieved an admired impartiality. Public order was well maintained, even in the Highlands after the collapse of royalist resistance in 1654. Cromwell did not overturn Presbyterianism but ensured toleration for others, save Roman Catholics and Episcopalians (those who believed the Protestant church should be governed by bishops). The restoration in 1660 of Charles II (1660–85) was welcomed by many ...(100 of 26033 words)

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