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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Lord Bexley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Chute countryOfActivity Kingdom of Great Britain
Anne Boulton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Clerke countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Bligh countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Tobias Furneaux countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Estcourt (British parliamentarian) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Estcourt
Hannah Callowhill countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Hannah Callowhill Penn
Black Watch allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
John Zephaniah Holwell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Agnes Cocks countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Yorke
Agnes Cocks countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Holden countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Addison’s play "Cato" countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Cato (play)
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews country Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Burke countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hannah Ball countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
East India House country Kingdom of Great Britain
Commissioners for the Affairs of India country Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Brinsley Sheridan countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Buchanan countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Buchanan countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Warren Hastings
Lieutenant Governor of Detroit country Kingdom of Great Britain
Hair Buyer Hamilton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Colin Macfarquhar countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Wilkes countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Wilkes
Battle of Carillon countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
William Pulteney countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Prevost countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
T. Hookham country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich residence Kingdom of Great Britain
Joseph Reed countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Timothy Shelley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
2nd Earl of Mornington countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Wellesley-Pole, 2nd Earl of Mornington
Charles Philip Yorke countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Susanna Farnham Clarke countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
The School for Scandal (stage) countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: The School for Scandal
The Old English Baron countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Progress of Romance countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
William Reeve countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Acts of Proscription 1746 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Dress Act 1746 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Magdalen Lombard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain