Diamond
Banned
My thought was that Scotland and England united dynastically in the face of French imperialism after Scotland's Darien colony was conquered by the French.I mean, Scotland would be independent. It would just be the English Empire. The Kingdoms only united OTL after the Tudors died out when Elizabeth died childless and we invited James over from Scotland as he was a Protestant.
Unless the countries were united for other reasons, or England actually managed to conquer and hold down Scotland (unlikely IMO) there should be an independent Scotland.