Why did Scotland and England unite? (Animated History Documentary)

Scotland and England spent most of the Medieval and Early Modern period hating each other but as you'll know they unified to create Great Britain in 1707. So why did two countries which loathed each other so much end up unifying into a single state? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.

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[timmccarthy]

If only Kelly Moneymaker had bailed out the Panama colony. I mean, controlling the Panama isthmus is a pretty solid idea on paper.

[RoyalKingOliver]

I know History Matters has a lot of iconic lines

But it would be hilarious if one of his videos had his “But Fun Fact…” followed up by a “Yes” instead of a “No”

[bigblue]

The problem with the Panama colony is that the land belonged to Spain and if Spain was not busy fighting England the Scots would have been removed sooner.

[joshuawells]

2:58-It was just the Kingdom of Great Britain. The "United" part wouldn't be added for another century, when the Acts of Union of 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland.

[abzzeus]

The Kingdoms United, stopped trying to conquer each other and decide to see what they could conquer together - turns out they could conquer, a *LOT*

[ambeatch]

One of these days he’s gunna hit me with a “fun fact Yes” and I’ll be floored

[aidanfedorochko]

When it comes to why things happen is usually comes down to one idea: To Hell with France.

[crosshair]

Last time I was this early japan was ruled by a Shogunate

[LuukvdHoogen]

I like how they probably avoided any naming disputes by naming the new kingdom after the island.

[FastTquick]

This video makes me think there should be a video on why Castile and Aragon merged together into Spain?

[MatthewMopo]

Being Welsh, it’s depressing to watch an entire video where my country is referred to as England. It’s even more depressing given how historically accurate this is.

[Trofusky]

I thought James Bizonet just asked them to politely play nice

[RadioMartyTB]

WALES: "Am I a joke to you?"
ENGLAND & SCOTLAND: "Well, yes actually."

[nosoupforyou]

1:05 "too busy having his head cut off to really give it a go"
Did not expect this and giggled about it

[ElladanKenet]

Elizabeth: Aight, I don't feel like getting married or having kids
Parliament: But those are literally your two jobs
Elizabeth: Oh well!

[nolananderson]

Over 300 years later, still no one has managed to settle the Darien

[no.]

You gotta love that the most unlikely alliance ended up becoming the most powerful nation on earth

[bjiornbjiorn]

Wow! An accurate summary of the Darien affair. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[dannyarcher]

Rules for Conquest:

1. Never invade Russia in the Winter.
2. Don't settle the Darien Gap.

[adambashaxd]

Its obviously Napoleon, of course its him.