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Article: Millennium life; Rob Roy: A hero and an outlaw.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- July 24, 1999
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THE Old Pretender's Jacobite rising in 1715 might have been a spectacular failure - but it taught the Hanoverian British Government that they simply couldn't afford to take the Scots for granted.
One of the best ways to bring order to the rebellious north, they decided, was to tame the still-remote Highlands once and for all by bringing in tough new laws and by improving road communications.
One of their first attempts to restrict the unruly lifestyle of the Highlanders was to introduce the Disarming Act in 1725, banning them from carrying arms and ordering ...