Kingdom of Great Britain
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Motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: "God and my right")1 |
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Anthem: God Save the King/Queen | |||||
Territory of the Kingdom of Great Britain | |||||
Capital | London 51°30′N 0°07′W |
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Language(s) | English (throughout) Welsh (Wales) Scots (Scotland) Scottish Gaelic (Scotland) |
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Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
Monarch | |||||
- 1707–1714 | Anne | ||||
- 1714–1727 | George I | ||||
- 1727–1760 | George II | ||||
- 1760–1801 | George III | ||||
Prime Minister | |||||
- 1721–1742 | Robert Walpole | ||||
- 1783–1801 | William Pitt the Younger | ||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||
- Upper house | House of Lords | ||||
- Lower house | House of Commons | ||||
History | |||||
- 1707 Union | May 1, 1707 | ||||
- 1801 Union | December 31, 1800 | ||||
Area | |||||
- 1801 | 230,977 km2 89,181 sq mi |
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Population | |||||
- 1801 est. | 10,942,646 | ||||
Density | 47.4 /km² 122.7 /sq mi |
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Currency | Pound sterling | ||||
1 The Royal motto used in Scotland was Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Latin for "No-one provokes me with impunity"). |
The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain,[1] was a state in Western Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800. It was created by the merger of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, under the Acts of Union 1707, to create a single kingdom that included the whole of the island of Great Britain. A new single parliament and government, based in Westminster in London, controlled the new kingdom. The two separate kingdoms of Scotland and England had shared the same monarch since James VI, King of Scots, became King of England in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was followed by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 when the Kingdom of Ireland became part of the United Kingdom by the Act of Union 1800 after the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
[change] Monarchs
- Anne (1707–1714), previously Queen of England, Queen of Scotland, and Queen of Ireland since 1702.
- George I (1714–1727)
- George II (1727–1760)
- George III (1760–1801), continued as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1820.
[change] References
- ↑ Act of Union 1707, Article 2.
Preceded by: Kingdom of England c 927–30 April1707 Kingdom of Scotland c 843–30 April1707 |
Kingdom of Great Britain 1 May 1707 – 31 December 1800 |
Succeeded by: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1 January 1801–5 December1922 |