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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Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey residence Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Province of Maryland country Kingdom of Great Britain
George Murray countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
North Carolina Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
Lewis Burwell country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Lewis Burwell III
Dorothea Jordan countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Secker countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
A Dictionary of the English Language countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Rambler countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Idler countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Vanity of Human Wishes countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth Johnson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
The Club country Kingdom of Great Britain
James Boswell countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
James Boswell citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
David Garrick countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Siege of Pondicherry (1748) countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Old Dreadnought countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Edward Boscawen
British fleet off Cape Finisterre country Kingdom of Great Britain
1719 Establishment country Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Toulon (1744) countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
John Byng countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Byng allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy usedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
New Kent County, Colony of Virginia colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
James Grant country Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Shelburne country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Madocks countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Great Siege of Gibraltar country Kingdom of Great Britain
Great Siege of Gibraltar opponent Kingdom of Great Britain
defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783 countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783
Tower of Homage controlledBy Kingdom of Great Britain
fortifications of Gibraltar builtBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Viscount Cobham country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Cavendish countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
James Oswald countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
London debating clubs country Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Mathews country Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Burney countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Esther Sleepe Burney countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain