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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Johann Christoph Pepusch countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Louisa Catherine Adams birthPlace Kingdom of Great Britain
Harriet Eckersall countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Harriet Eckersall countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Robert Malthus
Isaac Brock countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Joseph Johnson citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Scots allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Commons House of Assembly country Kingdom of Great Britain
James Abercrombie allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Montgomery countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Henrietta Maria Yarborough countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir George Pocock country Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir George Pocock allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
James Smithson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Hannah Callowhill Penn countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
George Clinton countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Gilbert countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Morris countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
Harriet Pitt countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Duke of Marlborough country Kingdom of Great Britain
George IV of the United Kingdom countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
British monarchy historicalPrecursor Kingdom of Great Britain
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain monarchy
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich realm Kingdom of Great Britain
Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina country Kingdom of Great Britain
Mary countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Mary Wollstonecraft
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Guilford Court House belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
James McHenry countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Jane Austen countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Walker (minister) countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Walker
John Aikin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Seddon of Warrington countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Philip Holland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
English Dissenting Academies movement country Kingdom of Great Britain
William Huskisson countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Dundas countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Walpole family country Kingdom of Great Britain
Walpole family country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Sir Robert Walpole
British occupation of New York City country Kingdom of Great Britain