Acts of Union 1800

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Act of Parliament Act of Parliament of Great Britain Act of Parliament of Ireland constitutional law

The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.

Aliases (7)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament → Act of Parliament of Great Britain → Act of Parliament of Ireland → constitutional law →
affectedInstitution	Parliament of Great Britain → Parliament of Ireland →
alsoKnownAs	Act of Union 1800 → Union with Ireland Acts →
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Britain → Ireland →
changedPoliticalStatusOf	Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Ireland →
constitutionalChange	creation of a single Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Ireland →
createdPoliticalEntity	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateEnacted	1800 →
effectiveDate	1801-01-01 →
followedBy	Anglo-Irish Treaty → Government of Ireland Act 1920 →
hasPart	Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 → Union with Ireland Act 1800 →
historicalPeriod	Georgian era →
introducedBy	British government of William Pitt the Younger →
language	English →
legalEffect	abolition of the Parliament of Ireland → creation of a single kingdom → representation of Ireland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom →
legalStatus	in force in modified form →
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain → Parliament of Ireland →
locationOfEnactment	Dublin → London →
mergedInto	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
monarchAtEnactment	George III →
partOf	constitutional framework of the United Kingdom →
purpose	political union of Great Britain and Ireland →
region	British Isles →
replaces	personal union between Great Britain and Ireland under the Crown →
result	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
significantFor	history of Ireland → history of the United Kingdom → political structure of the British Isles →
subject	British–Irish relations → constitutional history of the United Kingdom → unionism →
typeOfUnion	legislative union →
year	1800 →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Acts of Union 1800 ("Union with Ireland Act 1800") → Acts of Union 1800 ("Act of Union (Ireland) 1800") → Treaties of the United Kingdom →	hasPart
Georgian era → Georgian era ("Union with Ireland") → Lord Liverpool ministry ("Act of Union 1800 implementation") →	significantEvent
Acts of Union 1800 ("Act of Union 1800") → Acts of Union 1800 ("Union with Ireland Acts") →	alsoKnownAs
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	createdBy
Kingdom of Ireland → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	event
Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 ("Act of Union 1800") → Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1801–1816) →	reasonForChange
Parliament of Ireland →	abolishedBy
Peerage of Ireland →	affectedBy
Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland →	associatedEvent
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) →	associatedWith
Crown of Ireland →	associatedWithEvent
Irish Rebellion of 1798 ("Act of Union 1800") →	consequence
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain →	dissolvedBy
House of Commons of Great Britain →	endedBy
Acts of Union 1707 →	followedBy
British monarch →	furtherDefinedBy
British–Irish relations →	hasHistoricalRootIn
Union of the Crowns →	hasRelatedEvent
British unionism →	historicalRoot
Union Flag ("Act of Union 1800") →	introducedFor
British monarchy ("Act of Union 1800") →	keyEvent
United Kingdom →	laterConstitutionalAct
King of Ireland →	linkedTo
William Pitt the Younger ("Act of Union 1800") →	notableWork
Act of Settlement 1701 ("Union with Ireland Act 1800") →	partiallyAmendedBy
Parliament of Ireland ("Acts of Union (Irish Act)") →	passedAct
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ("Act of Union 1800") →	relatedTo
Duke of Normandy →	titleRetainedAfter