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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Treaty of London (1718) countrySignatory Kingdom of Great Britain
Armies of the French Revolution and Empire opponent Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Goliath country Kingdom of Great Britain
Annus Mirabilis of 1759 countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Berry countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Colonial Assembly of North Carolina country Kingdom of Great Britain
Governor William Tryon countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Tryon
John Carroll countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Belsham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Rupert's Land sovereignState Kingdom of Great Britain
South Sea Bubble country Kingdom of Great Britain
Colony of Maryland country Kingdom of Great Britain
Colony of Pennsylvania country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Jessop countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Quadruple Alliance memberState Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)
Georgiana Byng countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
East Florida country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Flaxman countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
West Florida country Kingdom of Great Britain
West Florida relinquishedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Foley country Kingdom of Great Britain
Edmund Nelson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
British Enlightenment country Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Paine countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Benjamin West citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Newton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hannah More countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
British colonial period in Jamaica colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Saunders countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
British campaign against New France belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Port Morant colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Plains of Abraham combatant Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Battle of Sainte-Foy belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
George Townshend countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Great Britain historicalUnionFormed Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Fontenoy belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Clive (judge) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Clarkson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Pallas country Kingdom of Great Britain