Question

The Union with England Act passed in 1707 by __________.
a. The Parliament of England
b. The Parliament of Scotland
c. Both the Parliaments
d. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The Union with England Act was a treaty that affected the union of England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain, the union of both the nations turned out to be an important moment in the history of Europe.

Complete Answer:The Parliament of Scotland passed the Union with England Act of 1707.
-Since 1603 England and Scotland had been under the same monarchs.
-Projects for a closer union failed after revolutions in 1688–89 and 1702–03, and foreign pressure triggered a dangerous parliamentary war between the independent parliaments of England and Scotland in 1703–04.
-On both sides of the border, however, officials were beginning to understand that a union of both the kingdoms offered the only mutually viable solution to a problem that had suddenly become urgent,
-Scotland needed economic security and resource assistance and England required political safety against French attacks and a possible Jacobite restoration, for which Scotland would play an effective role.
-England could give freedom of trade to Scotland and Scotland pretty much didn’t have a choice but to agree. Both points were quickly accepted by the commissioners appointed by Queen Anne to discuss the union, and within three months the officials had agreed on a detailed treaty.
Thus, the correct option is (b).

Note: The two kingdoms were united and the Protestant succession was adopted, and trade was made free and equal throughout Great Britain. Some temporary concessions, taxes, direct and indirect, were also made uniform; and England compensated Scotland for undertaking to share responsibility for England’s national debt.