Primary Author or Creator BBC Additional Author(s) / Creators BBC History Magazine Type of Resource Article Date Published 2014-04-20 Category Sovereignty Independence Fast Facts BBC History Magazine view of the Act of Union Resource Address (URL) https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/why-did-scotland-join-the-1707-union-with-england/ Keywords Act of Union Copied to clipboard Related Questions Why did Scotland join the UK?