For and against union

Question 1

Reasons for union?

Answer 1

-Access to English colonies
-Level competitors in trading
-Common interests
-Hanoverian succession
-ScottishPresbyterianism secured
-Military protection

Question 2

Reasons against?

Answer 2

-Increased taxation
-Lack of political representation
“Scotlandshire”
-Threat to manufacturing companies
-Jacobites knowing the Stuart dynasty would be over