William Wallace, a Scottish patriot, is involved …
Years: 1297 - 1297
William Wallace, a Scottish patriot, is involved in a brawl with English soldiers, the instruments of King Edward’s recently imposed rule by calculated terror.
As an outgrowth of this incident, Wallace leads a group of men who assassinate the English sheriff of Lanark in 1297.
A rapidly spreading movement of national resistance develops.
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- Scottish Interregnum, Second
- Scottish Independence, First War of
- Wallace's Revolt
- Stirling Bridge, Battle of
