8) History of Great Britain II. - Jacobite Raising
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almost managed it with the support of Highlanders. But by that point most Scots and English people had gone
off the idea of the Jacobites. In the end the Jacobite army lost at the Battle of Culloden and it was a quick
massacre .Charlie fled the battlefield towards exile in France. That was the end of the Jacobites and the
Highland culture.
HOW IT AFFECTED THE PRESENCE
The two major Jacobite risings, which happened in 1715 and 1745, became known as “The Fifteen” and “The
Forty-Five”, in which Jacobite soldiers fought English Protestant in a series of bloody battles and uprisings.
Some Scottish people who voted in favour of Scottish independence in 2014 are now calling themselves The
Forty-Five, or The 45 per cent, because the Yes campaign won 45 per cent of the vote in the referendum. I’m
sure the coincidence isn’t lost on them.
SCOTTISH AND BRITISH RIVALRY
The Scottish and British rivalry is not quite dead even now. Up until this day there is a verse in UK’s anthem that
mentions “crushing rebellious Scots”. This part of the anthem is understandably usually not sung these days.