Excerpt from The History of Scotland, From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrection, Vol. 8 of 8 Queen Anne - A new Ministry - Question Of a Union renewed England and the trade privileges still in the way - The new Parliament - The ceremonial of the Riding - The business - The Queensberry plot-lovat - Ferguson the Plotter - Athole The Act Of Security abjuring the English settlement of the crown -refused the touch of the sceptre - Passed again and ac cepted by the Crown - Preparations for war between England and Scotland - Seizure by England Of one Of the African Com pany's vessels - Retaliation - The trial and execution of Cap-0 tain Green - Necessity for England conceding the privileges Of trade - Commissioners appointed to negotiate a Union - Their proceedings - Taxation, representation, coinage - Compensa tion for the losses Of Scotland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.