Acts of Union 1800

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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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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

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Legal history of the United Kingdom includesEvent Acts of Union 1800
this entity surface form: Act of Union 1800
UK and Ireland hasSharedHistoryEvent Acts of Union 1800
Vice-Treasurer of Ireland abolishedBy Acts of Union 1800
Repeal Association opposedTo Acts of Union 1800
this entity surface form: Act of Union 1800