However before he could begin his second year of studies the 1745 rebellion had broken out and his former lecturer Maclaurin was organising the defence of the city against the Jacobite armies.
Ngunit bago siya ay magsisimula ng kanyang ikalawang taon ng pag-aaral ang 1745 paghihimagsik ay nasira at ang kanyang mga dating lektor Maclaurin ay organising ang depensa ng lungsod laban sa mga Dyekobait armies.