If England had not won the war.....?

Question

If England had not won the War of the Three Kingdoms, would the U.K. exist?

PS this is not a homework assignment.

It is not a homework assignment! i am a history buff. i just wanted to know. and it IS a real war.

Answer 1

Of COURSE it's a homework assignment! Exactly how dumb do you think we are? Every one of you kids always says it's not a homework assignment, that your just curious. I suggest you find out by going to Google. If you can come here and ask, you can go to Google and find out.

Answer 2

The War of Three Kingdoms is an alternative name for the English Civil Wars , emphasizing the roles of Ireland and Scotland.

England of course lost the 'first round', which were the 'Bishops Wars' between England and Scotland in 1639 and 1640. This contributed to Charles I's problems which led to the outbreak of the First Civil War in 1642. Meanwhile the Confederate Wars were raging in Ireland. After Parliamentarian victory in England, they proceeded, by this time under Cromwell, to re-conquer the Irish and Scots.

I guess possibilities for the defeat of Cromwell were at Dunbar, where he was outmaneuvred by Leslie and only saved by the experience of his troops, and the Worcester campaign, where the Scots/Royalist army of Charles II failed to gain much popular support in England, forcing them to fight heavily outnumbered at the final major battle of the Wars.

I guess that if either of these had turned into a Scottish victory then it's a remote possibility that Scotland could have stayed an independent Kingdom under Charles II during the 1650s, but would surely have been re-united with Engand at the restoration. More likely the Parliamentarians would have raised more forces and defeated the Scots.

The situation in Ireland was nothing if not confusing! Factions included the Catholic Irish (both extreme and moderate) the Catholic 'Old' English, the Protestant English Royalists and Parliamentarians and the Scots Covenanters. Parliament's General Michael Jones unexpectedly defeated the Irish and was reinforced by Cromwell whose campaign was marked by many atrocities against the Catholics. I think its unlikely that the Irish could have withstood the New Model Army, which by this stage was highly experienced and motivated by bigoted religious zeal.

Even if Scotland or Ireland had managed by some astounding stroke of luck to stay independent during the Commonwealth and Protectorate, remember that the English consistently showed their willingness to invade both countries, such as the campaigns of the Battle of the Boyne and Culloden. Therefore with Englands great material superiority (probably 10:1 in population versus Scots&Irish) it would not have been long before they would hae been incorporated into the UK.

Answer 3

It's false to cast the creation of the UK as the result of conquest. The Scots and English willingly entered into union with each other.

Answer 4

Where have you heard of this war?? I believe you that it is not a history assignment because there is no such war in history.

Answer 5

No such war