In England, families were more and more becoming a kind of business.
In the Highlands of Scotland,kinship was much more a matter of blood. Clan loyalty was built around the idea, even when it was a mythical idea,of a common ancestor. The grandest landlords in the Highlands,like their Lowlands counterparts, were becoming connoisseurs of fine claret and chamber music. But as far as the local laird was consumed would have a lot in common with his crofters. They both spoke Gaelic,they wore tartan plaid and sporran, and they both made ensured they had broadswords and daggers ready when the chief called. Buoyed by the prince's claim that the French were behind the rebellion and planned an imminent invasion,Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army moved swiftly, catching the wolfly inadequate Hanoverian forces in Scotland completely unprepared.