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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Acts of Union 1800 canonical	35
Act of Union 1800	13
Union with Ireland Act 1800	2
Act of Union (Ireland) 1800	1
Act of Union 1800 implementation	1
Acts of Union (Irish Act)	1
Acts of Union 1800 era	1
Union with Ireland	1
Union with Ireland Acts	1

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	Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ surface form: Act of Union 1800 Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ surface form: Union with Ireland Acts
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: 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	Acts of Union 1800 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 Acts of Union 1800 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Union with Ireland Act 1800
historicalPeriod	Georgian era ⓘ
introducedBy	William Pitt the Younger ⓘ surface form: 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, England ⓘ surface form: London
mergedInto	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: 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 (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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William Pitt the Younger → notableWork → Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ

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French landing at Killala → relatedTo → Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Act of Union 1800

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this entity surface form: Acts of Union 1800 era

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Irish House of Commons → abolishedBy → Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ