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Given today is the anniversary of the last battle fought on British soil, what if the Young Pretender dies before he can launch the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, and there is no Battle of Culloden? Presuming there is not another effort launched at a Rising with a similar battle, what would be the long term effects on the Scottish Highlands?
Would legislation still be passed stripping clan chiefs of their judicial powers and banning the wearing of tartans? Would the tacksman system still so quickly decline?
Though the economic pressures would still be there, might this dampen the efforts of the Highland Clearances? Would the nineteenth century eventually bring an equivalent of the Irish Land War in the Highlands? At the dawn of the 20th century might a fifth of Scotland speak Gaelic compared with the less than 5% OTL?
Would legislation still be passed stripping clan chiefs of their judicial powers and banning the wearing of tartans? Would the tacksman system still so quickly decline?
Though the economic pressures would still be there, might this dampen the efforts of the Highland Clearances? Would the nineteenth century eventually bring an equivalent of the Irish Land War in the Highlands? At the dawn of the 20th century might a fifth of Scotland speak Gaelic compared with the less than 5% OTL?