How Scotland Joined Great Britain

[mathiew_]

It's weird to look back on Grey's videos before he adopted the whole 'stick figure' thing.

[dragonkingofthestars]

scots in panama? sounds like something you would do in total war.

[Wolfeson]

Um...did I completely miss the part where Scotland and England formed a dynastic union in 1603 after the Scottish king, James VI, succeeded to the English throne as well upon Elizabeth I's death? Officially they remained two separate countries, but this was still a crucial step toward their eventual unification, since their thrones remained united from that point on.

[AlternateHistoryHub]

And next month it might all end. Whoa.

[MadderCommotion]

I think I'm addicted to this guy's videos...

[gx_no]

I love how at 0:13, he has placed flags exactly where they are meant to be. In India, for example, the Portuguese had set up bases in Surat in Western India, the French had set up their base in Pondicherry in South India and the British had set it up in Bengal in East India.

[ThatGirlWithTheCoffee]

Love "The cunning use of flags" reference :)

[Mitjitsu]

Only 250 people were allowed to vote on whether to unify with England, of which 180 of them voted. Unsurprisingly most of them were given promises of money, land and titles in exchange for their votes. This caused uproar among the general population, as the vast majority were against it at the time.

[RowanJColeman]

I wonder is this is where we get our stereotype about being stingy with money.

[bvzd]

Decent video, but would be worth mentioning that the "English" Royal Family at the time was in fact Scottish - The definitely have mentioned 1603 and the ascension of James VI of Scotland to the title of James I of England!

[sebastianrosa]

I love how the English flag doesn't just go over the Scottish flag, but actually cuts through it.

[Spartan]

Sure, it’s a BIT of an oversimplification, but that doesn’t make a “The only time I’ve seen a country fail so badly at colonization that they got annexed” line any less funny

[Jack-jwxb]

When he overplayed the English and Scottish flags to create the British flag, my life fell apart. I couldn't handle such a devastating revelation

[riskinhos]

algarve in portugal is almost a british colony during summer.

[Alchemisterius]

Scotsmen: The only men who can wear skirts while looking manly.

[Jivvi]

It happens a lot in Australia too. If people ask me what nationality I am, and I say I'm Australian (I was born here, but my parents weren't) they either laugh and say "You don't look Aussie" or ask "No, where are you from really?" but if I say I'm Italian that's perfectly acceptable.

[joed]

"The cunning use of flags..."  

Love it.  ...and, it's a shame more people don't get that reference.  

[atlerthedark]

CGPGrey, I am hopelessly confused about the history and organization of the Holy Roman Empire. If anyone can clear things up, it's you. Please make a video about the HRE!!!

[LichLordFortissimo]

Oh the story is actually sillier than the video suggests. They actually started with 1200 Scots, who encountered the problems described above...

...then a month later Scotland sent two more ships with 300 more Scots to bolster things, except one of them burnt down accidentally, and the other Scots on the other ship saw how screwed everything was, tried to flee to Jamaica, and died of disease on the way.

And because it was the 1690's and news travelled slow, 1000 more Scots landed on the gulf and did it all AGAIN.

[Rsurect]

Wow, never noticed the flags merging together to make the modern flag. Pretty cool.