Treaty of Union 1706

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bilateral treaty constitutional document treaty

The Treaty of Union 1706 was the negotiated agreement between England and Scotland that laid out the terms for their political union, later enacted in the Acts of Union 1707.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Treaty of Union 1707	2
Union of 1707 political negotiations	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ constitutional document ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Articles of Union ⓘ surface form: Articles of Union 1706
containsNumberOfArticles	25 ⓘ
countryInvolved	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdEntity	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateSigned	1706 ⓘ
field	British political history ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
followedBy	political union of England and Scotland on 1 May 1707 ⓘ
hasEffectOn	British taxation system ⓘ British trade policy ⓘ composition of the British Parliament ⓘ sovereignty of the Kingdom of England ⓘ sovereignty of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
hasPart	Articles of Union ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
implementedBy	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: Union with England Act 1707 Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: Union with Scotland Act 1706
language	English ⓘ Scots law style legal English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the Parliament of England ⓘ ratified by the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
locationSigned	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
purpose	to establish the terms of political union between England and Scotland ⓘ
relatedTo	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: Union with England Act 1707 Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: Union with Scotland Act 1706
resultedIn	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
signatory	commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ representatives of the Parliament of England ⓘ
stipulated	a common trade area between England and Scotland ⓘ a single customs and excise system for Great Britain ⓘ a single succession to the Crown of Great Britain ⓘ a single united kingdom called Great Britain ⓘ a unified system of coinage, weights and measures over time ⓘ creation of the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ dissolution of the Parliament of England ⓘ dissolution of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ maintenance of Scotland’s distinct private law ⓘ preservation of the Church of England ⓘ preservation of the Church of Scotland ⓘ preservation of the Scottish legal system ⓘ preservation of the Scottish system of education ⓘ representation of Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
year	1706 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Acts of Union 1707 → basedOn → Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Union 1707

Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → legalBasis → Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Union 1707

Earls of Queensberry → linkedTo → Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of 1707 political negotiations

Acts of Union 1707 → precededBy → Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ