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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Samuel Vetch countryOfService Kingdom of Great Britain
Orlando Jones countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
King's Royal Rifle Corps allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Richard Montgomery
Juliana Noel countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Juliana Noel residence Kingdom of Great Britain
Pelham-Holles countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Pelham family country Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Caroline Russell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Caroline Russell residence Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Susan Stewart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Storekeeper of the Navy country Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Dockyards country Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Bloody Creek (first) involvedColonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Henrietta Godolphin (daughter) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Keats country of citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington country Kingdom of Great Britain
Colony of Jamaica colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Suffolk country Kingdom of Great Britain
Carolina campaign of 1780 countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Henrietta Pitt countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Marquess of Brackley country Kingdom of Great Britain
Keppel countryOfActivity Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle
John Wood the Elder countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
New College, Hackney country Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Seymour Conway countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Illinois Country laterColonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Bayes countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Lewis Macie countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Baron Hood country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Hutchinson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hanover County, Colony of Virginia colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Pelham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Henry Pelham
Pelham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles
John Bacon country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Bacon (sculptor, born 1740)
96th Regiment of Foot allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Sarah Siddons countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Graves country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Diana ran aground and was destroyed country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: HMS Diana
Philip Carteret countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mercer countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Hugh Mercer
Lord Sidmouth countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Eldon countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Nicholas Vansittart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Harrowby country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
Lord Buckinghamshire countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire