Day 5- HISTORY LESSON MUAHAHAHAHA

Hi our little, lovely monkeys! Today we learnt a little about Scotland’s history. Let’s start with the capitol of this country which is Edinburgh and Glasgow is the biggest city. I think that we don’t have to remind you of the fact that Scotland is a part of Great Britain? It’s been inhabited for 7 thousand years. In the beginning it was an area for confrontations between people representing different cultures. We can for example list there Picts, Celts, Norman and Romans. Scotland virtually has been a place of permanent fight  from the beggining of its being. However, we’re not going to harp on and describe all of those battles one after another, are you happy now? We know you are.

As a result it became a part of England, at first being occupied territory and then It was a part of Stuart’s personal union.  Scotland as societal-economic  unity exists since IX Century.  Right at that time Picts’ small states and as also lands which were inhabited by Aryan settlers ware combined into one kingdom and „voilà”. In XII Century Scotland survived English invasion. Then during centuries it was sovereign (which means that it was independent in internal and external issues),  but effectively it was withstanding to bigger and bigger England’s impacts. Since 1603 there was one king for England and Scotland. After  174 years they had shared parliament. After o more than 200 years Scotland since May 1999 had its own parliament again. In 1996 crown jewel returned to Scotland- it’s exaclty this jewel which was serving for 7 years to British kings and for all that time it was  refrigerated in England.

SEE YOU TOMORROW ♥