James VI and I's accession to the English throne brought a Scottish monarch to both crowns. A viewer distinguishes that succession from the later political union, since England and Scotland initially remained separate kingdoms. The exchange then corrects an uncertain attribution of the union to Charles II and places it under Queen Anne. Sharing a monarch and forming a united kingdom were separate developments.
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The Stuart crowns and the later union of England and Scotland
The Stuart discussion separates James's possession of both crowns from the later political union and corrects the monarch associated with that union.