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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Frances Beaufort countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Storekeeper of the Ordnance country Kingdom of Great Britain
Strawberry Hill circle country Kingdom of Great Britain
Eliza Bishop countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Amelia countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Princess Amelia of Great Britain
Carlton House country Kingdom of Great Britain
President of Pennsylvania citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Dickinson
Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Colony of Nova Scotia sovereign Kingdom of Great Britain
Colony of Nova Scotia establishedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Treasurer of the Ordnance country Kingdom of Great Britain
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War participant Kingdom of Great Britain
Crown Colony of New Jersey country Kingdom of Great Britain
Caroline countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Caroline of Great Britain
Joseph Wright of Derby paintings countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Neerwinden (1793) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Princess of Great Britain country Kingdom of Great Britain
Princess of Great Britain constitutionalContext Kingdom of Great Britain
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)
Thomas Seward countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Baron Amherst country Kingdom of Great Britain
Baron Amherst countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
British Army in North America country Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Hamilton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Hamilton (MP)
Jane Innes countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Luke Hansard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Protestant Association country Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Mansfield's house country Kingdom of Great Britain
parliamentary enclosure acts country Kingdom of Great Britain
Jethro Tull countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Bakewell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Bakewell countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Bakewell countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
Rotherham plough countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
French landing at Killala countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Edward FitzGerald opponent Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Gibbon countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Admiral George Delaval country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Delaval
Christopher Wordsworth countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth Cosby countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth Cosby countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Mary Pimlott countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Speech on Conciliation with America countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain