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 ...

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 ...