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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Elizabeth Boscawen countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Burnett countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
British government of the Duke of Newcastle country Kingdom of Great Britain
Treaties of the Kingdom of Great Britain country Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Farnolls Pritchard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Penelope Anne Cooke countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir William Gell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Whitbread countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Elizabeth countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Elizabeth Batts Cook
Elizabeth Belasyse countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Boone countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay country Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Wyoming belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Gainsborough
The Spectator countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Tatler countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Cato, a Tragedy countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Remarks on Several Parts of Italy countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Sharpham, Somerset, England countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Henry Fielding
Amelia countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Shamela countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Charlotte Cradock countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Charlotte Cradock countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Henry Fielding
Charlotte Cradock countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Tom Jones
Sarah Fielding countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Beau Nash countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Bow Street Runners country Kingdom of Great Britain
Love in Excess countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Fantomina countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Female Spectator countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The City Jilt countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Female Spectator periodical countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: The Female Spectator
Mary countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Turkish Embassy Letters countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Lewis Theobald countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Grub Street writers country Kingdom of Great Britain
Pope–Theobald controversy country Kingdom of Great Britain
Benjamin Motte countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
A. Millar countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Book I countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Book II countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Book II (Joseph Andrews)
Book III countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Book III (Joseph Andrews)
Rural Sports countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Atterbury countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Francis Atterbury