| The bark of the scots pine is rough, of a reddish-brown colour, and peels off in thick scales. |
| By inheritance in 1603, James VI, King of Scots, became King of England and King of Ireland, thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms. |
| One of the most popular was Harry Lauder, whose persona as a bekilted Scots vaudeville minstrel was instantly recognized world-wide. |
| The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English. |
| The use of the words Scots and Scotland to encompass all of what is now Scotland became common in the Late Middle Ages. |
| The Napoleonic Wars fostered a concept of Britishness and a united national British people, shared with the Scots and Welsh. |
