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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British Channel Fleet allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
British Articles of War country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Victory, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: HMS Victory
Emma Hamilton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Charles Cavendish countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg monarchOf Kingdom of Great Britain
Definitive Treaty of Peace party Kingdom of Great Britain
Definitive Treaty of Peace signedOnBehalfOf Kingdom of Great Britain
Definitive Treaty of Peace countryAffected Kingdom of Great Britain
Humphry Repton birthCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Sheriffmuir belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite rising of 1719 opposedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Pitt countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Baron Nelson country Kingdom of Great Britain
Dugald Stewart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Preston (1715) country Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite rising of 1745 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Brest blockade belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Home, Lord Kames countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Cadogan countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Cadogan allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Bishop William Van Mildert countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Van Mildert
Port Conway, Colony of Virginia governingEmpire Kingdom of Great Britain
Willie Jones countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Conrad countryOfOriginOfWork Kingdom of Great Britain
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Vanguard country Kingdom of Great Britain
Third Anglo-Mysore War mainBelligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Third Anglo-Mysore War coalitionMember Kingdom of Great Britain
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War combatant Kingdom of Great Britain
Braddock Expedition country Kingdom of Great Britain
Welf ruledTerritory Kingdom of Great Britain
Welf hasDynasticUnionWith Kingdom of Great Britain
British Indian Department country Kingdom of Great Britain
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry deathPlace Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Bellerophon country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Orion country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Minotaur country Kingdom of Great Britain
Act of Security 1704 region Kingdom of Great Britain
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain (after 1707, as historical law of Scotland)
Treaty of The Hague (1720) countrySignatory Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Cape Passaro countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
David Hartley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Hargreaves countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain