Acts of Union 1707

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constitutional statute parliamentary act union treaty

The Acts of Union 1707 were landmark statutes that united the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland into the single sovereign state of Great Britain under one parliament and monarch.

Aliases (7)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional statute → parliamentary act → union treaty →
alsoKnownAs	Act of Union 1707 → Union with England Act 1707 → Union with Scotland Act 1706 →
appliesToJurisdiction	England → Scotland → Wales →
basedOn	Treaty of Union 1706 →
country	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Scotland →
createdPoliticalEntity	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dissolved	Parliament of Scotland →
effectiveDate	1707-05-01 →
established	Parliament of Great Britain →
followedBy	Acts of Union 1800 →
guaranteed	Presbyterian Church of Scotland → Scottish education system → Scottish legal system →
historicalPeriod	early modern period →
introduced	representation of Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain →
language	English →
legalStatus	in force →
legislativeBody	Parliament of England → Parliament of Scotland →
locationOfParliament	Westminster →
maintained	separate Scottish church settlement → separate Scottish education system → separate Scottish legal system →
monarchAtUnion	Queen Anne →
partOf	constitutional history of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	Treaty of Union 1706 →
reorganized	Parliament of England →
resultedIn	Kingdom of Great Britain →
signedIn	1706 →
significance	created the sovereign state of Great Britain → foundation of the modern United Kingdom →
stipulated	common customs and excise system → common succession to the throne →
subjectMatter	constitutional law → political union → state formation →
united	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Scotland →
unitedUnder	single monarch → single parliament →
yearEnacted	1707 →

Referenced by (69)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
English Army → Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Scotland → Peerage of England → Prince of Scotland → Princess of England → Queen of Scots → Royal Scots Navy → Scottish monarch →	endCause
Act of Security 1704 → Acts of the Parliament of Scotland relating to peerage → Scottish Estates → Treaty of Union 1706 → Treaty of Union 1706 ("Union with Scotland Act 1706") → Treaty of Union 1706 ("Union with England Act 1707") →	relatedTo
Acts of Union 1707 ("Act of Union 1707") → Acts of Union 1707 ("Union with Scotland Act 1706") → Acts of Union 1707 ("Union with England Act 1707") →	alsoKnownAs
Estates of Parliament → Parliament of Scotland → Three Estates of Scotland →	dissolvedBy
Anne of Great Britain → House of Stuart → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry →	notableEvent
Parliament of England → Scottish Estates →	dissolutionCause
House of Commons of Great Britain → Peerage of Great Britain →	establishedBy
Anglo-Scottish Wars → Union of the Crowns →	followedBy
British Crown → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain →	formedBy
Treaty of Union 1706 ("Union with Scotland Act 1706") → Treaty of Union 1706 ("Union with England Act 1707") →	implementedBy
Parliament of Great Britain → Scottish representative peers in House of Lords →	legalBasis
Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) → Stuart period ("Act of Union 1707") →	significantEvent
Peerage of Scotland →	affectedBy
Stuart ("Act of Union 1707") →	associatedEvent
House of Hamilton →	associatedWith
Parliament of Scotland ("Union of 1707") →	associatedWithEvent
Crown in right of the United Kingdom ("Acts of Union") →	constitutionalDocumentsInclude
Peerage of Scotland →	createdBefore
Scottish representative peers in House of Lords ("Acts of Union 1707, Article XXII") →	describedBySource
Three Estates →	diminishedAfterEvent
House of Commons of England →	dissolvedAsConsequenceOf
British monarch ("1707 Acts of Union") →	establishedInCurrentForm
Scottish Militia Bill 1708 →	follows
United Kingdom →	foundingDocument
Scottish representative peers in House of Lords →	hasCause
British unionism →	historicalRoot
Scotland →	historicalUnion
Constitution of the United Kingdom ("Acts of Union") →	includes
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ("Act of Union 1707") →	includesNotableExample
Act of Settlement 1701 →	influenced
Scottish Enlightenment ("Union of 1707") →	influencedBy
Acts of the Parliament of Scotland relating to peerage →	inForceUntil
Dukes of Queensberry →	involvedIn
British monarchy →	keyEvent
House of Hanover →	notableEventDuringRule
Anne, Queen of Great Britain →	oversawEvent
Act of Settlement 1701 →	partiallyAmendedBy
Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 →	reasonForChange
Act anent Peace and War 1703 →	relatedEvent
Treaty of Union 1706 →	resultedIn
Anne of Great Britain →	signed
Duke of Normandy →	titleRetainedAfter
Kingdom of Scotland →	unionLegalBasis