Before one talks about the effects of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, it is important to know the reasons why the Rebellion place and what happened during the Rebellion. The Rebellion happened because of religion differences and a power struggle between distant relatives, and essentially the Rebellion was between the Catholic Stuarts and the Protestant Hanoverians. The seeds of the Rebellion began in 1688 when the Catholic, English King, James the Second was forced to flee to France due to the Glorious Revolution, which deposed him from the English Crown. (Riding,1). The male line of the Stuart king became established in France but wanted to try to reclaim the united crown of England and Scotland. This reclaim attempt happened after the death
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One of the laws that were passed after the Jacobite Rebellion was a ban of tartan or plaid. This law is in the Act of Proscription of 1746 and is known as the Dress Act of 1746. The act stated that " the wearing of Highland dress was prohibited. The official exception was within the British army, towards which Highland military fervor and prowess would now be channeled."(Riding,483). The wearing of Tartan for the Highlanders because each of the Clans would have a specific Tartan that members of the Clan would wear. Another part of the Act of Proscription is the disarming of the Highlanders. The people who fought against the English were not allowed to store or carry weapons. "You must never expect to see a total end to the rebellious spirit of this country till the Highlanders are unclanned, undressed, effectively disarmed and taught to speak English."(Riding,482). Another aspect of Highland culture that the British tried to take away would be something that most people think of when someone hears the name Scotland, Bagpipes. Since soldiers used bagpipes in battles, the British classified them as an instrument of war. One example of someone punished for playing Bagpipes was the Piper, James Reid. "The court came to a conclusion "no Highland regiment ever marched without a piper and therefore his bagpipes in the eyes of the law, was an instrument of …show more content…
Two primary authors wrote about the Jacobite Rebellion, and these two were the Scottish authors Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Sir Walter Scott who lived from 15 August 1771 to 21 September 1832. He is known for writing historical novels, and a few of them took place during the Rebellion and others taking place either in Scotland in a different period or England. Sir Walter Scott's first book was Waverly, and Scott published the novel in 1814. This book took place during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and described as a " novel concerns the romantic adventures of a young Englishman, Edward Waverley, in the Highlands"(Biographical). This book, however, is not the only work of Scott's that takes place during the Rebellion, there were the books like Guy Mannering, The Astrologer and A Legend of Montrose.(Biographical). It is through these novels; there is a formation of a Scottish identity through these works and while Scott did not want to seem anti-British but supported a real Scottish identity and would use demonstrate that through his books and his poems."Such a composite self-a self who experiences the nation's history as his own memories shows Scott's reliance on poetry as the basis for his emerging vision of what it means to have Scottish national identity."
One of the laws that were passed after the Jacobite Rebellion was a ban of tartan or plaid. This law is in the Act of Proscription of 1746 and is known as the Dress Act of 1746. The act stated that " the wearing of Highland dress was prohibited. The official exception was within the British army, towards which Highland military fervor and prowess would now be channeled."(Riding,483). The wearing of Tartan for the Highlanders because each of the Clans would have a specific Tartan that members of the Clan would wear. Another part of the Act of Proscription is the disarming of the Highlanders. The people who fought against the English were not allowed to store or carry weapons. "You must never expect to see a total end to the rebellious spirit of this country till the Highlanders are unclanned, undressed, effectively disarmed and taught to speak English."(Riding,482). Another aspect of Highland culture that the British tried to take away would be something that most people think of when someone hears the name Scotland, Bagpipes. Since soldiers used bagpipes in battles, the British classified them as an instrument of war. One example of someone punished for playing Bagpipes was the Piper, James Reid. "The court came to a conclusion "no Highland regiment ever marched without a piper and therefore his bagpipes in the eyes of the law, was an instrument of …show more content…
Two primary authors wrote about the Jacobite Rebellion, and these two were the Scottish authors Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Sir Walter Scott who lived from 15 August 1771 to 21 September 1832. He is known for writing historical novels, and a few of them took place during the Rebellion and others taking place either in Scotland in a different period or England. Sir Walter Scott's first book was Waverly, and Scott published the novel in 1814. This book took place during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and described as a " novel concerns the romantic adventures of a young Englishman, Edward Waverley, in the Highlands"(Biographical). This book, however, is not the only work of Scott's that takes place during the Rebellion, there were the books like Guy Mannering, The Astrologer and A Legend of Montrose.(Biographical). It is through these novels; there is a formation of a Scottish identity through these works and while Scott did not want to seem anti-British but supported a real Scottish identity and would use demonstrate that through his books and his poems."Such a composite self-a self who experiences the nation's history as his own memories shows Scott's reliance on poetry as the basis for his emerging vision of what it means to have Scottish national identity."