WI: Scotland never unifies with England

What if Scotland never unifies with England in the 1600s, pick any way you think it could, how big of a cultural impact would that bring and would we see Scottish Gaelic more widely spoken, would the country be able to sustain itself?
 
Uh, I'm not sure, both I guess? Give an explanation for both if you want.
Well, if Scotland remains an enemy of England, I assume Scots solidifies as the national language of the kingdom (probably with a standardized form increasingly distinct from English). Gaelic was already kinda disfavored in the Lowland courts as Erse, Irish.
 

Philip

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Wasn't one of the prime motivations for the Act of Union Scottish merchants desiring access to English colonies?
 
One possibility is for Francis II of France and Mary of Scotland to get a son.
With a union between France and Scotland, it's unlikely for Scotland and England to unify.
 
It could be a Valois.
A Franco-Scottish Union is unlikely, as it would ally England to the HRE or Spain; an alliance which could easily take a Franco-Scottish Union in a war.
Would not work.
If Francis and Mary however had a daughter, let's say Mary II of Scotland, then it's likely as Scotland and France aren't bound together but still enough to give England thought.
So Mary II of Scotland is a good place to start a TL.
 
king of scotland
I wonder who would be the King of Scotland today If it stayed a kingdom.
Idi Amin?

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