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    The economic history of Scotland charts economic development in the history of Scotland from earliest times, through seven centuries as an independent...
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    The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as...
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    Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted...
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    the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland.[failed verification]...
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    The economic history of Australia traces the economic history of Australia since European settlement in 1788. The European settlement of Australia began...
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    This article covers the Economic history of Europe from about 1000 AD to the present. For the context, see History of Europe. Early in the first millennium...
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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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    The economic history of the United Kingdom relates the economic development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England...
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    Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (15 Geo. 3. c. 28) which changed the working conditions of miners in Scotland. The...
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    Lead ore has been mined and refined in Scotland for centuries. Lead was typically found as the ore galena. It was used as roofing material for high-status...
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    Gold has been mined in Scotland for centuries. There was a short-lived gold rush in 1852 at Auchtermuchty and Kinnesswood, and another in 1869 at Baile...
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    The economic history of the United States is about characteristics of and important developments in the economy of the U.S., from the colonial era to the...
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    Luckenbooth brooch (category Economic history of Scotland)
    brooch is a Scottish heart-shaped brooch. These brooches often have a crown above one heart, or two intertwined hearts. They are typically made of silver and...
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    This article deals with the history of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The present site of Glasgow has been settled since prehistoric times, being the...
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    The economic history of Japan is most studied for the spectacular social and economic growth in the 1800s after the Meiji Restoration. It became the first...
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    Ireland's economic history starts at the end of the Ice Age when the first humans arrived there. Agriculture then came around 4500 BC. Iron technology...
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    The history of economic thought is the study of the philosophies of the different thinkers and theories in the subjects that later became political economy...
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    economic, political and religious conditions were met. The bill was refused royal assent by the Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland....
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    on the export of arms, ammunition, and horses to Scotland so that they could not raise an army and invade England. Faced with the economic pressure the...
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  • The City of Glasgow Bank was a bank in Scotland that was largely known for its spectacular collapse in October 1878, which ruined all but 254 of its 1,200...
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  • engineering were all in decline. This period of economic transition impacted significantly on communities across Scotland and in response, enterprise trusts were...
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    £70.11 in 2023). In 1709, with the union of England and Scotland, taxes were harmonised and a new top rate of 20s total was introduced for houses with...
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    The economic history of the Republic of Ireland effectively began in 1922, when the then Irish Free State won independence from the United Kingdom. The...
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    Campbell, R. H. (1964). "The Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707. II. The Economic Consequences". The Economic History Review. 16 (3): 468–477. doi:10.2307/2592849...
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  • Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on BBC One Scotland and later shown UK-wide on...
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  • International Economic History Association (IEHA) is an association of national, regional, and international organizations dedicated to the field of economic history...
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    Accounts of Scotland are a series of documentary publications, related in subject matter though published at different times, covering life in Scotland in the...
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    2023. "The impact of union to 1715 Negative economic impact". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 4 December 2023. David Ross, A History of Scotland (2009) p 121/122...
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    Edinburgh (13 Feb 1901 – ?) Economic history of Scotland Government of Scotland Scotland in the modern era John Graham (painter) "Scottish government records after...
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  • Buttock mail (category Economic history of Scotland)
    for a Scottish Poor Law tax which was introduced in 1595. Enforced by the ecclesiastical courts who had responsibility for the moral behaviour of the laity...
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