Finley Atkinson, School of History

Making the Britons: Development of British Nationalism in the 18th Century

In 1707, the Acts of Union created a new state out of the prior independent kingdoms of England and Scotland, the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would eventually become the United Kingdom. But there is a difference between creating a state and having your citizens identify with that state. How did British nationalism (or Unionism) evolve as an ideology after 1707? To what extent did it develop and for whom? How did it interact with other factors such as the growth of Empire, religious issues, and Britain’s wars both internal and external?

BA History, Second Year (he/him)
I am second year BA History Undergraduate Student. I hope to explore all I can about the Politics, Culture and Societies that have existed past and present during my time at Leeds.