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 High Admiral of England country Kingdom of Great Britain
asiento de negros contract grantedTo Kingdom of Great Britain
Stuart ruledRealm Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Brandywine combatant Kingdom of Great Britain
Captain John Byron countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Captain John Byron residence Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly country Kingdom of Great Britain
George countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Washington
USS Wasp opponentInWar Kingdom of Great Britain
James Hutton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Matthew Boulton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Lovell Edgeworth countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
North Carolina colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain
Joseph Priestley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Withering countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Whitehurst countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Brindley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Henry Lee countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Codrington countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Banastre Tarleton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Banastre Tarleton allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Galton Jr. countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robinson Crusoe countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Daniel Defoe countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
Daniel Defoe citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hester Pitt countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Roebuck countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Minorca historicalRuler Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Townshend countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Board of Ordnance country Kingdom of Great Britain
The Great Commoner country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Paul Jones countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord High Treasurer country Kingdom of Great Britain
The Mysterious Mother countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Matthew Gregory Lewis countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Joseph Galloway countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
The Duke of Grafton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Baskerville countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Wedgwood countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Anna Seward countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Beddoes countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Watt Jr. countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Wordsworth countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
French campaign in Syria opposedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
this entity surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Taylor Coleridge countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Frideric Handel placeOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
George Frideric Handel citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain