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The Origin of the Jacobites and Killiecrankie
Towards the end of the 17th Century Scotland was ruled from London and by men who knew nothing of Scotland's needs and habits. There was a Privy Council in Scotland but it had limited power. James II was also VII of Scotland. His supporters were known as Jacobites. In 1689 John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee led the Jacobites against William's men at the Pass of Killiecrankie. Dundee was victorious but was wounded and later died. Dundee's timing was wrong it was not until William III massacred the Jacobites that the Scots came out in support. Meanwhile James II had escaped to France and with the aid of Louis XIV and French troops had invaded Ireland and was reigning in Dublin. In London Whigs and Tories quarreled amongst themselves and William III played one off against another.
"The houses of their quality are high and strong, and appear more like castles, made of thick stone, with iron bars before their windows. Yet now they begin to have better buildings, and to be very modish both in the fabric and furniture, though they want their gardens, which are the beauty and pride of our English seats. "The vulgar houses, and what are seen in the villages are low and feeble. Their walls are made of a few stones jumbled together without mortar to cement them, on which they set up pieces of wood meeting at the top, ridge fashion, but so ordered that their is neither sightliness nor strength, and it does not cost much more time to erect such a cottage than to pull it down".  
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