Talk:Scottish colonization of the Americas

Scottish colonies - did they exist?
Prior to 1707 the Colonies were all subject to the Parliament of England. Under the Navigation Acts this meant that Scotland and Ireland, although subject to the same crown, were, for the purposes of trade, treated as foreign powers, and thus exluded from direct commercial contact with England's overseas possessions, a practice that was only ended in the case of Scotland with the 1707 Act of Union. However, after the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the Scots had protection of the law in all areas subject to the crown, which meant that they could settle in England, Wales, Virginia, the Carolinas, or wherever they were inclined to go. I suppose you could use the term Scots or British to describe the settlers in America. There was certainly a notion of Britishness after 1603, and James VI and I liked to style himself as 'King of Great Britain', though legally speaking no such entity existed. By the middle of the seventeenth century, moreover, the Protestant settlers in the north of Ireland were almost always referred to as British. Clio the Muse 08:39, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Assessment
I have assessed this as Start Class, as it only contains a fair amount of detail and organization, but is completely unreferenced. I have assessed this as low importance, as it is a highly specific topic within Canada. Cheers, CP 17:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Map request
This article needs a map, similar to the maps included in most "Colonization of the Americas" articles. --CPAScott (talk) 16:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Especially of the 17th and 18th century context around Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, East New Jersey and Stuarts Town. I have tagged the article reqmap. N2e (talk) 13:34, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

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Bad Map
An original map was made for this article which wrongly depicts Nova Scotia's borders. The Scottish colony that existed in the 17th century did not have the same borders as the province currently has. Please do not add it back without fixing the problems and citing sources. From WP:OR, "Original images created by a Wikipedian are not considered original research, so long as they do not illustrate or introduce unpublished ideas or arguments, the core reason behind the "No original research" policy". There needs to be a source for the borders shown in the image and once that is consulted, you will find that the borders shown in that map are wrong. Rectipaedia (talk) 02:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)