William Wallace was a great leader in the Scottish Rebellions against England. Not much is known about his life before the rebellions started, but it is suspected that Wallace knew a lot about military tactics. It all started when King Edward the 1st took over British rule and started to take power over both England and Scotland. He commanded his men to march into Scotland and take over their lands. The first known rebellion of William Wallace was when he killed a British sheriff of a Scottish town called Lanark in May of the year 1297. After this incident, William Wallace started to join with other Scottish rebellion leaders and the wars began. William Wallace and his men accomplished so much including an enormous triumph at the battle of Stirling Bridge. Later his men were defeated at the Battle of Falkirk. Many historians believe that the reason why they weren't triumphant at Falkirk was because of the British archers. Many Scots fell to the arrows in this battle, however, William Wallace did escape the battle. After a visit to France, in which Wallace tried to get the French to help the Scottish in their rebellions,
William Wallace was captured and sent to London for a public trial. During this trial, William Wallace was accused of treason, atrocities during war, and being a traitor. When he was accused of being a traitor, William Wallace denied the accusation saying that he couldn't be a traitor when he was never subject to King Edward in the first place. Then he was found guilty and was to be executed. For his execution, William Wallace was first dragged by a horse, hanged almost to death, but cut loose while he was still alive, emasculated, his bowels burned before him, beheaded, and then cut into pieces. King Edward the 1st had William Wallace's head placed on a pole on London Bridge and then had his parts placed in different places around England as a sign to the Scots that England was in charge. Although King Edward tried to make Wallace look like a fool, In Scotland today, William Wallace is considered a martyr and a hero.
William Wallace was captured and sent to London for a public trial. During this trial, William Wallace was accused of treason, atrocities during war, and being a traitor. When he was accused of being a traitor, William Wallace denied the accusation saying that he couldn't be a traitor when he was never subject to King Edward in the first place. Then he was found guilty and was to be executed. For his execution, William Wallace was first dragged by a horse, hanged almost to death, but cut loose while he was still alive, emasculated, his bowels burned before him, beheaded, and then cut into pieces. King Edward the 1st had William Wallace's head placed on a pole on London Bridge and then had his parts placed in different places around England as a sign to the Scots that England was in charge. Although King Edward tried to make Wallace look like a fool, In Scotland today, William Wallace is considered a martyr and a hero.
This picture below could symbolize that it was Scotland vs. England in the Scottish Rebellions. The Blue flag with the white cross is the Scotland flag, while the other flag is the British Flag. In this picture they are both cut off in the middle and combined. This could show that the rebellion could go either way. If Scotland won then there would be two flags. One for England and one for Scotland because Scotland didn't want to take over England, they just wanted freedom, but if England won then the flag would be the British flag.