Ye Jacobites by name
Jacobites were not Scottish Nationalists but supporters of James 11 or England or 7th of Scotland. James was overtly Catholic unlike his brother Charles 11 who kept it a secret albeit a fairly open one. IOnce James had a Catholic heir parliament invited his son in law William of Orange over to take the crown and there was a peaceful transition in England and civil war in Ireland and Scotland. When William and Mary died Anne inherited the crown. Scotland was absorded in the Act of Union 1707 to forestall any attempt to put James on the Scottish throne when Anne died parliament asked George the elector of Hanover over and partially because he couldn't speak Englishsome english politicians went into exile including Bolinbrooke
Within a year there was a rising in support of James11nd's son James the young pretender starting in Scotland where there was more support. The rising was defeated and landowners who supported it were executed and had their lands forfeit.
A second rising was attempted in 1745 which got further but was defeated. It had little active support in England as Jacobite sympathisers were waiting to see which way the wind blew and some support in Scotland but some chiefs but one son in each camp to ensure they were on the winning side. A lot of lowland scots and the Campbell clan supported the crown and it is claimed their were more Scots on the Hanoverian side at Culloden than the Jacobites so they weren't Scotiish nationalists. Most of the clan chiefs who supported the Jacobites were Episcopalians rather than Catholics whilst mosts Scotsmen were presbyterians aned had a church without bishops
After Culloden support for the Jacobites waned and the clan system in the highlands was reformed. By the time of the Amerixcan war of Independence Jacobites sentenced to penal servitude in then Americas were Empire Loyalists. Jacobitism was dead.
Jacobites were supporters of the deposed King James Jacobus
Jacobites were not Scottish Nationalists but supporters of James 11 or England or 7th of Scotland. James was overtly Catholic unlike his brother Charles 11 who kept it a secret albeit a fairly open one. IOnce James had a Catholic heir parliament invited his son in law William of Orange over to take the crown and there was a peaceful transition in England and civil war in Ireland and Scotland. When William and Mary died Anne inherited the crown. Scotland was absorded in the Act of Union 1707 to forestall any attempt to put James on the Scottish throne when Anne died parliament asked George the elector of Hanover over and partially because he couldn't speak Englishsome english politicians went into exile including Bolinbrooke
Within a year there was a rising in support of James11nd's son James the young pretender starting in Scotland where there was more support. The rising was defeated and landowners who supported it were executed and had their lands forfeit.
A second rising was attempted in 1745 which got further but was defeated. It had little active support in England as Jacobite sympathisers were waiting to see which way the wind blew and some support in Scotland but some chiefs but one son in each camp to ensure they were on the winning side. A lot of lowland scots and the Campbell clan supported the crown and it is claimed their were more Scots on the Hanoverian side at Culloden than the Jacobites so they weren't Scotiish nationalists. Most of the clan chiefs who supported the Jacobites were Episcopalians rather than Catholics whilst mosts Scotsmen were presbyterians aned had a church without bishops
After Culloden support for the Jacobites waned and the clan system in the highlands was reformed. By the time of the Amerixcan war of Independence Jacobites sentenced to penal servitude in then Americas were Empire Loyalists. Jacobitism was dead.
Jacobites were supporters of the deposed King James Jacobus