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Originally Posted by ANDY-J3
I've read a contemporary source from 1745- a diary written by an Edinburgh Banker called Campbell who was there at the time the Jacobites occupied the city. He states that he believed the only reason there wasn't wholesale support for the Jacobites amongst the wealthy classes in Edinburgh was the religious issue. It makes you wonder if Charles Stewart had exhibited a bit more willingness to compromise he could have turned it into a popular uprising with Scots fighting on the same side rather than fighting each other. I'm sure many more Scots including lowlanders would have fought for him if the primary goal was to re-establish Scottish independence.
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The thing is is that Charles changed his religion later in life and it did no good. It was too little too late. If he had done this during the '45 (or before) then just maybe he would have receive more support.