Marys son succeeded Elizabeth in 1603 as James I. He was also James VI of Scotland. and the two kingdoms remained separate for another hundred years. during which period Englishmen looked upon the Scots as foreigners. However. the two kingdoms were united before the ScotchIrish settled this valley. as that immigration occurred after Governor Spotswood had discovered the valley in the early part of the nineteenth century. Those with Scotch or ScotchIrish blood should be pardoned for believing that their ancestry was the most virile and aggressive of any that came to the new country. However. it must be recalled that Gibbon said that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy.
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The speaker claims those with Scotch-Irish blood believe their ancestry was the most virile and aggressive.