1. Fine @DougSaunders column & Scottish & Quebec separatism got me thinking ona hidden nexus. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/in-scotland-separatists-love-money-and-the-ethnic-vote/article18061472/ …
4. Scots rebel from time to time, but rebellions are crushed and Scotland effectively absorbed into larger British identity.
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4. Ambitious Scots, thwarted at home, become key junior officers of British Empire: James Murray becomes Governor of Quebec (1760-68)
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5. As governor of Quebec, Murray promolgates the Quebec Act, which gives degree of recognition to language/religious rights not found in UK.
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