Acts of Union 1707

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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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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

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Baronetage of Great Britain startTime Acts of Union 1707