Kingdom of Great Britain

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former country sovereign state

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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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Great Britain canonical 3,856
Great Britain 5
United Kingdom of Great Britain 3

Statements (52)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3,875)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine Shorter → spouseCountryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Horace Walpole → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → cededTo → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Cape Colony → colonizedBy → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Middle Colonies → colonialPower → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Robert Clive → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
David Hume → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Robert Darwin → country of citizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Robert Darwin → country of birth → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom → monarchOf → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger → headOfGovernmentOf → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
British Empire → metropole → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Sir John Moore (as namesake of Moore Barracks and associated traditions) → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Sir John Moore
Treaty of Alliance (1778) → opposedTo → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Quebec Act → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
God Save the King → originCountry → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Acts of Union 1800 → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Acts of Union 1800 → changedPoliticalStatusOf → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Thomas Gage → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Stuart → ruled → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Prince George of Denmark → allegiance → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht → appliesToJurisdiction → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht → grantedTo → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht → participant → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Duke of Albany → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Lunar Society of Birmingham → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin, not the naturalist) → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin)
George Cockburn → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → belligerent → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Anglo-Dutch Wars → belligerent → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Anacreontic Society → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Georgian era → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Susannah Darwin → countryOfBirth → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Susannah Darwin → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1801–1816) → appliesToJurisdiction → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Intolerable Acts → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Adam Smith → citizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Mary Wollstonecraft → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
The Wealth of Nations → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Siege of Havana (1762) → belligerent → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
John Gay → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
The Beggar's Opera → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Virginia → wasColonyOf → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin → citizenship → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → country → Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ