Originally Posted by
Luis Anaconda
A load of Scots went over there and tried to colonise Darien and rename it Caledonia. It is possibly one of the most inhospitable places on Earth (although pissible nicer than Glasgow) so of course the daft ****ers failed. I guess that counts as British imperialism to some extent
Of course, we blockaded it to ensure it couldn't be supplied, so they all starved.
And, of course, they'd sunk pretty much their entire national wealth in this hare-brained scheme, so when it went tits up, they were brassic and came crawling to us - hence the Act of Union.
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