Scots

SCOTLAND Official languages = English (Recognised regional languages = Scottish Gaelic, Scots) Patron saint = St. Andrew Government = Constitutional monarchy  Monarch = Elizabeth II  First Minister (Head of Scottish Government = Alex Salmond MP MSP  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom = Gordon Brown MP Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with: • England to the south • is bounded by the North Sea

Pictes au Nord, et les Bretons insulaires au Sud, ont constitué une mosaïque de cultures et de langues, influencée également par les invasions vikings => Diversité d’origines - Différentes langues parlées toujours : anglais, gaélique écossais et Scots, la langue régionale. -En 1746, émergence de symboles nationaux tels le tartan (l’étoffe de laine à carreaux de couleurs, typique des peuples celtes), le kilt (habit traditionnel des hommes des Hautes terres (Highlands) toujours décorés de tartans)

L'Irlande du Nord2 (anglais : Northern Ireland, irlandais : Tuaisceart Éireann, scots d'Ulster : Norlin Airlann) est l'une des quatre nations constitutives du Royaume-Uni. Elle se compose de six des neuf comtés de la province irlandaise d'Ulster, au nord-est de l'île d'Irlande. Elle couvre 14 139 km², soit environ un sixième de l'île entière et 5 % du Royaume-Uni. Elle a une population de 1 810 863 d'après le recensement du Royaume-Uni de 2011. Cela représente entre un quart et un tiers de la population

these kinds of problems, tens of thousands of people went to America. And as the great majority of Ulster Presbytarians made a living by renting land and cultivating the soil, they left in large numbers. Between 1717 and 1775, about 250,000 Ulster Scots left Ireland for the American colonies. The Irish knew through letters from friends or members of their family who had emigrated that there were potential economic opportunity, availability of land and religious toleration in the American colonies

datant de 2006. On distingue cinq variétés de la langue Scots : 1) le Scots insulaire (Insular Scots), parlé dans les îles du Nord (Orkney et Shetland); 2) le Scots du Nord (Northern Scots), parlé dans le district de Dundee ; 3) le Scots central (Central Scots), parlé dans les districts de Fife et de Perth-et-Kinross; 4) le Scots du Sud (South Scots), parlé dans le district de Scottish Border ; 5) le Scots d'Ulster (Ulster Scots), parlé sur la côte nord-est de l'Irlande du Nord. o Conséquence

she was even a year old, the child was crowned Queen of Scots, which was actually ruled by regents including her mother. * The regents of Scotland made a treaty with Henry VIII in which Edward, Henry's son, would wed Mary. However, this treaty will later be broken by the Scottish Parliament because of Henry’s many actions against Catholics and Scotland (he sent his army north). * French remaining true to their alliance with the Scots came to their aid, the French king Henry II proposed to

André. Ce drapeau est considéré comme un des plus vieux drapeaux du monde et le plus vieux drapeau national aujourd’hui en usage. La tradition populaire attribue son origine au règne de Angus II, roi des Pictes et des Scots. En 832, Angus II était à la tête d’une armée de Pictes et de Scots contre les Angles. Lors de la bataille d’Athelstaneford, son armée fut encerclée par les Angles et ses soldats prièrent pour être délivrés. Dans la nuit, Saint-André apparut au roi Angus II et lui promit la victoire

Pennsylvania attracted a lot of new immigrants (especially Europeans who were fleeing wars, persecutions, poverty). The Scots-Irish and Germans were the one who migrated the most to (western) Pennsylvania. T became and even more diversified colony. It can both increase tolerance and conflicts. (Scots-Irish first migrated from Scotland to Ireland then from Ireland to America. Scots were used to assert England rules over Ireland because Ireland was Catholic) c) Religious Identity and Political

cardinals) and some elements of the old faith. Scotland, on the contrary, was deeply reformed and passionately Protestant and had discarded episcopacy in favour of Presbyterianism. Thus, the English held the Scottish as fanatical Puritans whilst the Scots viewed the English as hypocritical crypto-Catholics. By now you understand that, in the 17th century, religion and political power went hand in hand, and were usually closely related to issues of national identity. Therefore, when king Charles I

freedom in Quaker Pennsylvania. Emergence of African American language and culture. 1 1720 Mature agricultural economy in North. Imports from Britain increase. Scots-Irish and German migration. Growing rural inequality. Rise of the representative assembly. Challenge to « deferential » politics. German and Scots-Irish Pietists in midAtlantic region. Great Awakening. Emergence of regional cultures. Franklin and the American Enlightenment 1760 Trade boycotts encourage domestic