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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Frances Anna Wallace countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Frances Anna Wallace countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Robert Burns
Glasgow Burghs country Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl Macartney countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Sholinghur belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Edward Hughes country Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Trincomalee belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Siege of Cuddalore (1783) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
British East Indies Squadron country Kingdom of Great Britain
Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 country Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Muizenberg belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Lewis Alexander Grant countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Carl von Donop allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Charlotte Baird countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Everard Home countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Astley Paston Cooper countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Mudge countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Barfleur country Kingdom of Great Britain
John Wilkie countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Goochland County, Colony of Virginia country Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Morris countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure (William Ramsay Maule) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure
Countess of Godolphin country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Jersey country Kingdom of Great Britain
Anna Maria Shipley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lucy Wells countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Baron Auckland country Kingdom of Great Britain
Eleanor Elliot countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Anne Towry countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Alexander Clinton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Clinton
Charles Goring countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Hunter country Kingdom of Great Britain
45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot country Kingdom of Great Britain
Book IV of the Dialogues countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
John Sharp (archdeacon) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Edmund Cartwright countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Colonel George Nicholas countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Nicholas
Secker countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Secker
Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Secker
Academy at Tewkesbury country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sermons on Several Subjects countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Baldwin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain