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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British forces in Georgia country Kingdom of Great Britain
Jonathan Belcher countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Arthur Noble countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Caroline Lennox countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Governor Yale countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth Armistead countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Baltimore County, Maryland Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Philip Stephens countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Whitehead countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Warton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry James Pye countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Beau Brummell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
6th Baron Byron countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
James Nicholson country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: James Nicholson (Royal Navy officer, born 1737)
Thomas Taylor countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Fothergill countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Fothergill (physician)
Samuel Wake countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Foul-weather Jack countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet
Richard Howe countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Dawson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Oak (Royal Navy ship name) country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: HMS Royal Oak (1769)
New Beverly country Kingdom of Great Britain
Arthur Young countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Glynn countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Matson’s Ford belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Dunmore countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Anne Spencer countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Anne Spencer country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Duchess of Hamilton
Elizabeth Strangways countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Queen Anne in The Favourite country Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Weld countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Navy administration (historical) country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Douglas countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Colley Cibber countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Kit-Cat Club country Kingdom of Great Britain
Continental Army General William Smallwood countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Smallwood
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Margaret Sanford countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Jedediah Strutt countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Laurence Eusden countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Whitworth countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
T. Cadell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain