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Link Articles of Union uniting England and Scotland 1707

The document which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain bringing the whole island into one state in 1707. After a major financial crisis...

Eighteenth Century, United Kingdom, Scottish history, English history, History view
Document Loyalty & its Limits?

Two documents relating to Local Volunteer movements during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period. Note the highly localised nature of these...

volunteers, English history, revolutionary war, Napoleonic Wars, Georgian Britain view
Link The Magna Carta 1215

A copy of the Magna Carta of 1215 which includes a photo of the original and a full transcript of the document which was signed under duress by...

Thirteenth century, Legal system, legal history, English history, Middle ages, History view
Document Volunteer Songs

An extract from a Local Volunteer song, clearly designed to whip up patriotic support.

English history, volunteers, 1803, french invasion, loyalism view
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