Original sentence: According to this argument, the Scottish establishment realised that it could never be a major power on its own and that if it wanted to share the benefits of England's international trade and the growth of the English Empire, then its future would have to lie in unity with England.More so, Scotland's nobles were almost bankrupted by the Darien fiasco.The failure of the Darien colonization project has been cited as one of the motivations for the 1707 Acts of Union
Edited sentence: According to this argument, the Scottish establishment (landed aristocracy and mercantile elites) considered that their best chance of being part of a major power would be to share the benefits of England's international trade and the growth of the English Empire, so its future would have to lie in unity with England.Acts of Union.Furthermore, Scotland's nobles were almost bankrupted by the Darien fiasco.The failure of the Darien colonization project has been cited as one of the motivations for the 1707, despite fierce opposition by the majority of the people of Scotland