Kingdom of Great Britain

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The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former country
sovereign state
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: Great Britain
capital London, England
surface form: London
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Britain
currency Pound sterling
dateDissolved 1801-01-01
dateEstablished 1707-05-01
endTime 1801
flag Union Flag
followedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
formedByUnionOf Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hadColony British India
British West Indies
New South Wales
Province of Quebec
Thirteen Colonies
headOfState British monarch
includedTerritory England
Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: Scotland

Wales
legalBasisOfUnion Kingdom of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Acts of Union 1707
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
lowerHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of Great Britain
majorPowerIn 18th century
mergedInto United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
mergerLegalBasis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Acts of Union 1800
monarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain
George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
notableFor colonial expansion
maritime power
officialLanguage English
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Seven Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
precededBy Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
primeMinister Robert Walpole
William Pitt the Elder
William Pitt the Younger
religion Anglicanism
Presbyterianism
Protestantism
startTime 1707
upperHouse House of Lords
wasPartOf British Empire

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Elizabeth Popham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth Popham residence Kingdom of Great Britain
Prince Octavius of Great Britain countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Prince Alfred of Great Britain countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Treaty of Union 1706 createdEntity Kingdom of Great Britain
Treaty of Union 1706 relatedTo Kingdom of Great Britain
Viscount Rialton country Kingdom of Great Britain
Dorothy Fane countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hessian forces employedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Pelham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Sugar Act 1764 countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
French Royalists receivedSupportFrom Kingdom of Great Britain
Admiral Samuel Hood countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Third Silesian War belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Abraham de Moivre countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Godolphin country Kingdom of Great Britain
British America country Kingdom of Great Britain
Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel militaryAlly Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Zadok the Priest countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Anna Laetitia Barbauld countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Whitefield countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
George Whitefield citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Duchess of Queensberry country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
Earl of Burlington country Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Burlington country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
Alexander Martin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hugh Mercer birthPlace Kingdom of Great Britain
Hugh Mercer countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Loyalist provincial corps country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Enfield nationality Kingdom of Great Britain
Prince of Scotland successorState Kingdom of Great Britain
Pitt family country Kingdom of Great Britain
Anne Liddell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Townshend Acts era countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Rockingham Whig country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Pitt (younger brother) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
War of the First Coalition countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
First voyage of James Cook departureCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Endeavour country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir William Ashburnham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Johnston countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Johnston placeOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
Siege of Port Royal (1710) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Second voyage of James Cook country Kingdom of Great Britain
Second voyage of James Cook departureCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Resolution country Kingdom of Great Britain
Leopold Philip de Heister employer Kingdom of Great Britain