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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Robert Knox Sr. countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Daniel Doddridge countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl Fitzwilliam country Kingdom of Great Britain
Churchill-Godolphin political alliance country Kingdom of Great Britain
Joseph Whidbey countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Dalton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Richard Dalton (librarian)
William Baker country Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Wilmington country Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Wilmington country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Robert Pitt (MP) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Pitt (of Blandford) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
American Board of Customs Commissioners country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Neerwinden belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Tankerville country Kingdom of Great Britain
The Art of Success countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Hogarth
Siege of Landrecies belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Litchfield, Connecticut Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
Philip Doddridge’s academy at Northampton country Kingdom of Great Britain
Mark Prevost countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Elbert countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord William FitzRoy country Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Mary Penelope West countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
1st Viscount Bridport countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Dorothy Fane countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Abbot countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Abbot countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Romney
Boyle–Cavendish alliance country Kingdom of Great Britain
Archibald Campbell countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Duff, 1st Earl Fife countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
95th Regiment of Foot country Kingdom of Great Britain
L of GB (stylized royal monogram) country Kingdom of Great Britain
Larcum Kendall countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Longitude Act country Kingdom of Great Britain
K1 countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
John countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich
Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family country Kingdom of Great Britain
32nd Regiment of Foot country Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Almansa belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Charlotte Ponsonby countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain