Excerpt from The History of Scotland, Vol. 7 of 8: From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite InsurrectionHighlands - Its failure - His capture and execution - The Com missioners with Charles II. At the Hague - Its failure - Coni missioners at Breda - Cromwell's invasion - King Charles and the Covenanters - The compulsory tests Becomes a cove nanted king - Cromwell and Leslie - The battle of Dunbar Its conclusive in¿uence Cromwell and the Covenanting party - The start - The coronation - The march into England - The battle of \vorcester - Taking of the Scots fortresses Fate of Dundee - Monk - Committee of Estates carried captive to London - Organisation of Government in Scotland - Courts of law - Closing of the General Assembly - Incorporating Union - Navigation laws and Free-trade - Abolition of the feudal system - Report on the shipping and revenue of Scot land - Fostering of the universities - Glencairn's Expedition - Conclusion of the Protectorate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.