ABSTRACT
The Union of 1603.—The first of the two unions between Scotland and England was a purely personal one. In 1603, the Scottish king ascended the English throne, so that the two countries had now one monarch. But in all other respects they were separate, independent kingdoms, with their own laws, institutions and methods of administration. Connexions based on so slender a tie have rarely proved permanent, unless as in the case of Scotland and England they are merely the preliminary to a complete, incorporating union.
