Hi everybody.
I've been cruising Wikipedia recently, and recently discovered that whilst the official merger of England and Scotland occurred in 1707 with the Acts of Union, there had been several attempts to unite the realms of James VI in 1606, 1667 and 1689.
What would have been the effects of an early unification of the British isles, and how would the country have played out from there? Would it even be called 'Great Britain,' or could another name have been used instead?
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Many thanks!