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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Treaty of Paris (1784) countrySignatory Kingdom of Great Britain
Administration of Justice Act country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774
United Colonies opposedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Charlotte, Princess Royal countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
James McGill countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Everina Wollstonecraft countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Allan Ramsay countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
W. Strahan and T. Cadell country Kingdom of Great Britain
Renversement des alliances countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Anglo-Prussian alliance hasParticipant Kingdom of Great Britain
Anglo-Prussian alliance hasCountry Kingdom of Great Britain
Westminster Convention (1756) countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Westminster Convention (1756) signatory Kingdom of Great Britain
John Pitcairn allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Francis Hutcheson citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
A Vindication of the Rights of Men countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Augustan literature country Kingdom of Great Britain
The Scriblerus Club country Kingdom of Great Britain
Fables countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Shepherd's Week countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Acis and Galatea (libretto) countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre country Kingdom of Great Britain
Macheath countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Polly Peachum countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Lucy Lockit countryOfOriginOfWork Kingdom of Great Britain
Air "Let us take the road" countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Air "How happy could I be with either" countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"
Mary Howard countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Canning countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Pigot country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Godwin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Polly countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Alexander Pope countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Guy Carleton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Price countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Princess Royal usedIn Kingdom of Great Britain
this entity surface form: historical Kingdom of Great Britain
William Small countryOfActivity Kingdom of Great Britain
John Burgoyne countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Fergusson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Josiah Wedgwood II countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Delaware Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
Ralph Tomlinson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Ralph Tomlinson countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
Princeton, New Jersey Colony country Kingdom of Great Britain
First Treaty of Versailles (1756) opposedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
The What D'Ye Call It countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain