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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William R. Davie countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Third voyage of James Cook departureCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Adventure country Kingdom of Great Britain
Province of Carolina laterCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir William Hotham country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Charles Yorke countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Corsican Republic recognizedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Charles Middleton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Navy Board country Kingdom of Great Britain
Duke of Newcastle country Kingdom of Great Britain
Duke of Newcastle country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
British–Native American wars involved Kingdom of Great Britain
James Wilson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Southern Colonies country Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Hamilton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth Wrottesley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Rutledge countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Betsy Ross countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
EIC country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Company countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Court of Directors country Kingdom of Great Britain
Court of Proprietors country Kingdom of Great Britain
Board of Control country Kingdom of Great Britain
Warren Hastings countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Wellesley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir John Copley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Virginia pound country Kingdom of Great Britain
House of Burgesses colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
A Sicilian Romance countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The English Chronicle (via her husband’s editorship) countryOfPublication Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: The English Chronicle
English Whigs country Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite risings country Kingdom of Great Britain
Luther Martin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Vancouver countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Anne of Great Britain
Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) monarchOf Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Anne of Great Britain
William Paterson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Discovery country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Wellesley-Pole countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Oglethorpe countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
James Oglethorpe citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Wright countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Bentley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain