Editing Braveheart (section)

=== Occupation and independence ===
The film suggests Scotland had been under English occupation for some time, at least during Wallace's childhood, and in the run-up to the [[Battle of Falkirk]] Wallace says to the younger Bruce, "[W]e'll have what none of us have ever had before, a country of our own." In fact, Scotland had been [[Wars of Scottish Independence#Background|invaded by England]] only the year before Wallace's rebellion; before the death of [[Alexander III of Scotland|King Alexander III]] it had been a fully separate kingdom.<ref>Traquair p. 15</ref>