What is Scottish independence?
[[File:Scottish_Socialist_Party_fly_poster.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Scottish Socialist Party]] fly poster]] '''Scottish independence''' ({{lang-gd|Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba}}; {{lang-sco|Scots unthirldom}}) is a [[politics|political]] stance that wants [[Scotland]] to leave the [[United Kingdom]] and be an [[independent]] [[sovereign state]]. Scotland has not been an independent country since the [[Acts of Union 1707]]. At that time, the [[kingdom of Scotland]] united with the [[kingdom of England]] to make the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|last=Murdoch|first=Alexander|year=2007|title=England, Scotland, and the Acts of Union (1707)|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-96282|access-date=2021-06-17|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/96282|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref> Scotland and has been unified with England ever since. Ideas of an independent [[Scotland]] were first made in the 19th century but were initially only calls for [[home rule]] within the United Kingdom. Ideas of a fully independent Scotland have became bigger in the late 20th and 21st century. The [[Scottish National Party]], a party that wants full independence, have won a large number of seats in recent elections, showing the growth of the idea. In September 2014, a [[Scottish independence referendum]] was held. 1,617,989 (44.7%) voted for independence and 2,001,926 people (55.3%) voting to stay as a part of the UK. But, since this referendum, the nationalist and independence movements have continued. The growth in the idea has resulted in increased [[Welsh independence]] movements and also [[English independence]] movements. ==Related pages== * [[Devolution]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Ethnic nationalism}} [[Category:Nationalism]] [[Category:Politics of Scotland]]