American independence owes a great deal to Scotland.
Pity they don’t make Scots like they used to...
The Irish are far from servants. They are equal members in the EU confederation and despite being <1% of the EU population, got the support of the other 26 non-UK EU member states to support Ireland in ensuring the UK abides by its promises in the Good Friday Agreement.
So instead of the UK steamrolling over ireland, the other 26 states said no, we are a united front.
This is in contrast to the UK where the will of the smaller nation of Scotland was overrun by the English will.
So True
Scottish settlers were very important.
But then so was the government of France
You probably owe more England than Scotland. The American War of Independence was very unpopular in England and they struggled to recruit in England because they opposed oppressing fellow Englishmen as they saw it in the colonies, especially those parts of England that were puritan (and roundhead) strongholds 150 years earlier. Most of the British soldiers were from the old Jacobite heartland, the Scottish Highlands, Ireland and the North of England.