The initial founding of the Anglo-Dutch union was born out of the Glorious Revolution in 1690 establishing the personal union of the crowns of Scotland, England and the United Provinces. The personal unions early years were turbulent with King William the 3rd often campaigning abroad and after his death the regency of King William the 4th was racked by political rebellion that threatened to separate the new Union. William survived to take the throne in 1706. The act of Union that united Scotland and England did nothing to stop the bickering between nobles from the two Kingdoms. In 1708 William the 4th issued the Proclamation of Union and established a system in which he ruled the United Provinces and his wife ruled Great Britain. This quelled the mutterings of division amongst the Union's