This meant that the Act allowed for the Scottish Parliament to initiate an independent foreign policy during an era of major European warfare, the War of the Spanish Succession. From the English ...

Eager to be first in line, the astute James VI of Scotland responded to the question of the English succession with a war of ...

On April 11, 1713, in Utrecht, Holland, Françoise signed a treaty putting an end to the War of Spanish Succession. Louis XIV secured the throne of Spain for his Pretender, Philippe d'Anjou ...

Elizabeth I died childless so was succeeded by her cousin, James VI of Scotland ... by the Spanish that their hopes of bringing England under Spanish control were over. The end of the war greatly ...