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After [[Jacobitism|Jacobite Rising]] of [[1715]] ended it was evident that the most effective supporters of the Jacobites were [[Scottish clan]]s in the [[Scottish Highlands]] and the '''Disarming Act''' attempted to remove this threat. 

'''"An act for the more effectual securing the peace of the highlands in Scotland"''' was passed by the [[United Kingdom]] [[Parliament]], coming into effect on [[November 1st]], [[1716]] which outlawed anyone in defined parts of [[Scotland]] from having "in his or their custody, use, or bear, broad sword or target, poignard, whinger, or durk, side pistol, gun, or other warlike weapon" unless authorised. 

This act proved ineffectual and in [[1725]] '''An act for the more effectual disarming the highlands in that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for the better securing the peace and quiet of that part of the kingdom''' was passed and more effectively enforced by Major-General [[George Wade]].  Wade succeeded in confiscating a significant number of useful weapons, though the Highlanders still managed to hide many weapons for future use. 

The success of Wade's efforts was shown by the rough assortment of weapons used by the Highlanders when [[Charles Edward Stuart|Bonnie Prince Charlie]] raised the '''Forty-Five Rising'', but the Jacobites' overwhelming victory at the [[Battle of Prestonpans]] provided them with a good supply of government firelocks and bayonets left by the fleeing Redcoats.
After that Jacobite Rising had been defeated the provisions of the ''Disarming Act'' were strengthened in the new [[Act of Proscription]].

==External links==
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/highland_dress.htm Act against the Highland Dress]
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/proscription_1747.htm Act of Proscription 1747]
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[[Category:British laws[[Image:WilliamLyonMackenzie.jpeg|thumb|right|William Lyon Mackenzie]]
'''William Lyon Mackenzie''' ([[March 12]], [[1795]]–[[August 28]], [[1861]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[journalist]] and [[rebel]].

Mackenzie was born in [[Scotland]] and immigrated to [[Upper Canada]] in [[1820]].  From [[1824]] to [[1834]] he published the newspaper the ''Colonial Advocate'' in [[York, Upper Canada]] ([[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]), attacking the upper class clique known as the "[[Family Compact]]" which was in control of the government.  In response to this, a mob threw his printing press into [[Lake Ontario]] in [[1826]].  In [[1828]] he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, but was expelled five times for [[libel]], each time being re-elected.

In [[1834]] he became the first [[List of Toronto mayors|mayor of Toronto]], and in [[1836]] he founded the newspaper, ''The Constitution'', to promote the policies of his ''Reform Party''.  In [[1837]] he led the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]] against Sir [[Francis Bond Head]] and the Family Compact, which was quickly put down. Mackenzie escaped to the [[United States]], and set up a provisional [[Republic of Canada]] government on [[Navy Island]] in the [[Niagara River]].  He was later imprisoned in the U.S. for his involvement in the [[Caroline Affair]]. An amnesty allowed his return to Canada in [[1849]], and he was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly]] of the [[Province of Canada]] from [[1851]] to [[1858]].

William Lyon Mackenzie was the grandfather of [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] and a very important figure in Canadian history.

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