Welcome to the eighth episode of “We Effed Up!” On this installment, we talk about why William Paterson’s hare-brained Darien scheme led to the end of an independent Scotland.

Sources

• McKendrick, John. Darien: A Journey in Search of Empire. Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2016.
• Orr, Julie. Scotland, Darien, and the Atlantic World, 1698-1700. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2015.
• Watt, Douglas. The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union, and the Wealth of Nations. Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2007.