The Tender of Union or the Act of Union was passed by the English Rump Parliament on 2 February 1652. It regularised the de facto annexation of Scotland by England at the end of the Third English Civil War. Under the terms of the act the Scottish Parliament was permanently dissolved and Scotland was given 30 seats in the Westminster Parliament.[1] This act like all the others passed during the Interregnum was repealed by both Scottish and English parliaments upon the Restoration of monarchy under Charles II.[2]
See also
Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
References
- ^ Manganiello, Stephen C. The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland and Ireland 1639-1660, Scarecrow Press, 2004, ISBN 0810851008. pp.9,10
- ^ David Plant, The Settlement of Scotland, 1651-60, The British Civil Wars & Commonwealth website. "On 28 March, [1661 the Scottish] Parliament passed an act annulling all legislation passed in Scotland since 1633, the year that Charles I was crowned King of Scots."
Further reading
- Timeline: 1640 to 1660, Undiscovered Scotland
- Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "GREAT REBELLION", section 59. "The Crowning Mercy"
- Staff, Scotland and the Commonwealth: 1651-1660 Military Occupation and Early Attempts of Unification, archontology.org
