Historian John Davies on the 1536 'Act of Union' between England and Wales. The 1530s was a crucial decade in the history of the territories of the English crown. Henry VIII and his advisor Thomas ...

Scotland's History Union and Jacobites The Act of Union The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You ...

At first, Irish Catholics supported the Act of Union; however, events in the 19th Century such as the Great Famine and the Land Wars saw this support decreasing. By the end of the century ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document ... In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that ...