Preceding the better known 1707 Act of Union by over half a
century, on 18th March 1652 the English Parliament passed an Act
for the Union of England and Scotland. In the aftermath of the
defeat of the Scottish Covenanters who had allied with Charles II
in the third British civil war, this was effectively an annexation
of Scotland by England. The Scottish Estates were abolished, and as
a substitute, the Scots were allocated 30 representatives in the
English Parliament.
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