Acts of Proscription 1746

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The Acts of Proscription 1746 were British laws imposed after the Jacobite rising to suppress Highland culture and disarm the Scottish clans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
aimedAt Gaelic-speaking Highland population ⓘ
Jacobite supporters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Act of Proscription 1746 ⓘ
Proscription Act 1746 ⓘ
appliesTo Scottish Highlands ⓘ
Scottish clans ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateEnacted 1746 ⓘ
exempts Highland regiments in British Army ⓘ
linked to: Scottish regiments

women from the ban on Highland dress ⓘ
follows Disarming Acts 1716 ⓘ
Disarming Acts 1725 ⓘ
linked to: Disarming Acts 1716
hasConsequences cultural assimilation policies in Highlands ⓘ
strengthening of British state authority in Scotland ⓘ
hasEffect decline of traditional Highland dress ⓘ
increased central government control in Highlands ⓘ
suppression of traditional clan structures ⓘ
hasPart Act of 19 George II, c.38 ⓘ
Act of 19 George II, c.39 ⓘ
Disarming Act 1746 ⓘ
Dress Act 1746 ⓘ
historicalContext Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
legalSystem British law ⓘ
locationOfEffect Highland counties of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: West Highlands

Scotland ⓘ
mainSubject disarmament of Scottish Highlands ⓘ
suppression of Highland culture ⓘ
penalty forfeiture of arms ⓘ
imprisonment for wearing Highland dress ⓘ
transportation for repeated offences ⓘ
prohibits carrying of arms in the Highlands ⓘ
wearing of Highland dress ⓘ
wearing of tartan by men and boys in Scotland (with some exceptions) ⓘ
purpose to prevent future Jacobite risings ⓘ
to weaken the power of Highland chiefs ⓘ
repealDate 1782 ⓘ
repealedBy Act of Parliament 1782 ⓘ
temporalCoverage 18th century ⓘ

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Jacobite risings → afterEffect → Acts of Proscription 1746 ⓘ
Acts of Proscription 1746 → hasPart → Disarming Act 1746 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746
Acts of Proscription 1746 → alsoKnownAs → Proscription Act 1746 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746
Acts of Proscription 1746 → alsoKnownAs → Act of Proscription 1746 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746
Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 → relatedTo → Disarming Act 1746 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746
Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 → relatedTo → Act of Proscription 1746 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746
Dress Act 1746 → hasShortName → Act of Proscription (dress provisions) ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746
Forty-Five Rebellion → legalConsequence → Act of Proscription 1746 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Proscription 1746