Promising political reform and the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament support for the rebellion was widespread. Sensing an opportunity to capitalise on this and following the death of his elder brother in 1788, Henry Benedict Stuart led an invasion of British occupied Scotland with the help of the new French Republic. Led by characters such as Robert Burns and Thomas Muir, a political reformist version of nationalism took hold. During this time, cities and areas of Scotland which had played little role in the '45 played host to a new form of Scottish nationalism.
As a result, this nationalist sentiment remained throughout the 1745-1780 period. What the British had not factored in was the extent of support which the Jacobites had received in the Scottish lowlands. What followed was a period of intense persecution of highland culture by British forces intent on conforming the Scots to a more civilised and 'British' way of life. Faction Description: Following the Battle of Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie fled to France and the remainder of the Jacobite forces in Scotland were either executed, exiled or transported off to the new world as slaves.
