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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Walter Butler country Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl Talbot country Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Mathew countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battles of the American Revolutionary War belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Evangelical Revival in Britain country Kingdom of Great Britain
Porteous Riots country Kingdom of Great Britain
impeachment of Warren Hastings country Kingdom of Great Britain
Red Squadron of the Royal Navy country Kingdom of Great Britain
Rear-Admiral of the Red country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Scott of Amwell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Frederick Langley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Prince Ernest Augustus countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
British Parliament 1744–1747 country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Carr country Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Carter countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Carter country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Lascelles family
Mary Carter country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Carter family
John Scott countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mrs. Maclehose countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Agnes Maclehose
The Hermit countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Pitt ministry country Kingdom of Great Britain
Seditious Meetings Act 1795 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Corresponding Societies Act 1799 country Kingdom of Great Britain
British Parliament 1768–1774 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Daniel Lascelles countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Anne Keppel countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Jane Jennings Aikin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Poems (1773) countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Palgrave boarding school country Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Rochemont Aikin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
63rd Regiment of Foot country Kingdom of Great Britain
20th Regiment of Foot country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Dalton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Governor John Parr of Nova Scotia countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Parr
Sierra Leone Company country Kingdom of Great Britain
George Dixon countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Benjamin Ingham countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Gambold countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Spencer Stanhope countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Grey, 12th Earl of Kent countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain