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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House of Nelson country Kingdom of Great Britain
Charlotte Seymour countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Emily Seymour countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Seymour countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Horsley countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Aislabie
1st Earl of Halifax country Kingdom of Great Britain
1st Earl of Halifax countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Staunton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Leonard Staunton
John Harvie countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lewis Morris (1698–1762) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary Nix countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Vane, 3rd Baron Barnard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Royal Sovereign country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Falmouth country Kingdom of Great Britain
Book I of the Dialogues countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
General Sir Charles Grey countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Grey
General Sir Charles Grey allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Charles Grey
Matthew Baillie countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James Hook countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
real-life 18th-century English scholar and murderer Eugene Aram countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Eugene Aram
Georgiana Spencer countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
William Curtis countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain