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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Bridgewater dukedom country Kingdom of Great Britain
Viscount Stormont countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
Portrait of Samuel Johnson countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Portrait of David Garrick countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Abraham Yates Jr. countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Duane countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Smith Jr. countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
British colonial authorities in New Jersey country Kingdom of Great Britain
Master of the Ceremonies country Kingdom of Great Britain
Mariot countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Mariot Arbuthnot
North American Station country Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Jane Egerton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Elizabeth Egerton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Sloss Hobart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Frances Egerton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Whig literary circle country Kingdom of Great Britain
The Prospect of Peace countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
On the Death of Mr. Addison countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Elizabeth Wellesley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Coventry, Connecticut Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
Margaret Burr countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Margaret Burr countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Gainsborough
Edward Boodle countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Almack's country Kingdom of Great Britain
Arthur Middleton (1681–1737) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Bull I countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Arne countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Thomson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
David Mallet countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Alfred, a Masque countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Caroline Egerton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Jeffery countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Amherst family country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Tennent countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Ferguson rifle countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Montagu-Dunk countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Wakefield countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John F. Grimké countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobitism country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Warburton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
4th Earl of Rochford countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Baron of Zuylestein country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sidney Wortley Montagu countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary, Countess of Bute countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Buckley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Frances Stapleton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Anna Maria Clinton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Coleraine countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain