Scotland is not like India they came in as full partners, the royal family post union was even the Scottish king.
The Scottish agreed to join in a union and let the new British empire use their larger army in return for the English providing Scottish aristocrats access to the slave trade.
They were England's partners in crime not the victim and Scotland being poorer than England now is simply a natural consequence of Scotland in comparison to England being rural and sparsely populated.
The reason Montana has less money moving through it than New York is not due to New York colonially occupying Montana
Scotland is not like India they came in as full partners, the royal family post union was even the Scottish king.
The Scottish agreed to join in a union and let the new British empire use their larger army in return for the English providing Scottish aristocrats access to the slave trade. They were England's partners in crime not the victim and Scotland being poorer than England now is simply a natural consequence of Scotland in comparison to England being rural and sparsely populated.
The reason Montana has less money moving through it than New York is not due to New York colonially occupying Montana