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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Acts of Union 1707 canonical	83
Act of Union 1707	5
Union with England Act 1707	3
Union with Scotland Act 1706	3
Acts of Union	2
Union of 1707	2
1707 Acts of Union	1
Acts of Union 1707, Article XXII	1
Union of England and Scotland	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional statute ⓘ parliamentary act ⓘ union treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: Act of Union 1707 Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: Union with England Act 1707 Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: 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	Church of Scotland ⓘ surface form: 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	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
maintained	separate Scottish church settlement ⓘ separate Scottish education system ⓘ separate Scottish legal system ⓘ
monarchAtUnion	Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: 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 (101)

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

Parliament of Great Britain → legalBasis → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Anne, Queen of Great Britain → oversawEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

United Kingdom → foundingDocument → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

British monarch → establishedInCurrentForm → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1707 Acts of Union

Peerage of Scotland → createdBefore → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Peerage of Scotland → affectedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

House of Stuart → notableEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Stuart period → significantEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Act of Union 1707

Kingdom of Scotland → unionLegalBasis → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Kingdom of Scotland → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Acts of Union 1707 → alsoKnownAs → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Act of Union 1707

Acts of Union 1707 → alsoKnownAs → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union with Scotland Act 1706

Acts of Union 1707 → alsoKnownAs → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union with England Act 1707

Act of Settlement 1701 → influenced → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Act of Settlement 1701 → partiallyAmendedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Queen of Scots → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

British Crown → formedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Crown in right of the United Kingdom → constitutionalDocumentsInclude → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acts of Union

Kingdom of England → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Duke of Normandy → titleRetainedAfter → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Scottish Enlightenment → influencedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of 1707

Parliament of Scotland → dissolvedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Parliament of Scotland → associatedWithEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of 1707

Peerage of England → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → hasCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → legalBasis → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → describedBySource → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acts of Union 1707, Article XXII

House of Hanover → notableEventDuringRule → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Parliament of England → dissolutionCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Scotland → historicalUnion → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Royal Scots Navy → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → formedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Stuart → associatedEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Act of Union 1707

English Army → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Union of the Crowns → followedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

House of Commons of Great Britain → establishedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Peerage of Great Britain → establishedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Three Estates of Scotland → dissolvedBy → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

British monarchy → keyEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Scottish monarch → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

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

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

this entity surface form: Union with Scotland Act 1706

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

this entity surface form: Union with England Act 1707

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

this entity surface form: Union with Scotland Act 1706

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

this entity surface form: Union with England Act 1707

Prince of Scotland → endCause → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) → significantEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) → notableEvent → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

subject surface form: Anne of Great Britain

Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) → signed → Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ

subject surface form: Anne of Great Britain