@DiversityDriven,
"No one is entirely agreed on why the union of Scotland and England happened. Some insist that a cabal of corrupt Scots noblemen sold out their countrymen, lured by ?20,000 in English bribes. The decision by the Scots parliament on January 16 1707 to support the merger of parliaments was a profound act of treachery, say romantic nationalists, captured perfectly in Robert Burns' lines about the "parcel of rogues" being "bought and sold for English gold".
Look at THAT, Scooby. Your countrymen sold you out. America isn't your nemesis. It's the ENGLISH.
THE ENGLISH, SCOOBY. THE ENGLISH.