Kingdom of Great Britain
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| Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 | |||||
| Image:LocationIslandGreatBritain.png | |||||
| Capital | London | ||||
| Head of State | King of Great Britain | ||||
| Head of Government | Prime Minister | ||||
| Parliament | House of Commons, House of Lords | ||||
- This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800). For information about its modern successor state, see the main article: United Kingdom.
- For other meanings of the terms "United Kingdom" and "UK" , see United Kingdom (disambiguation) and UK (disambiguation).
- For an explanation of terms like Scotland, England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology).
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in Western Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800. It was created by the merging of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England under the Acts of Union 1707 to create a single kingdom encompassing 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 former kingdoms had shared the same monarch since King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603.
From 1707 a joint British throne replaced the English and Scottish thrones and a joint Parliament of Great Britain replaced the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England. Scotland and England were given seats in both the House of Lords and the House of Commons of the new parliament. Although Scotland's representation in both houses was smaller than its population indicated it should have been, representation in parliament was at that time based not on population but on taxation, and Scotland was given a greater number of MPs than its share of taxation warranted. Under the terms of the union, Scotland sent 16 representative peers to the Lords and elected 45 members to the Commons.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was superseded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 when the Kingdom of Ireland was absorbed with the enactment of the Act of Union 1800 following the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Monarchs of Great Britain
- 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.
See also
| 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 |
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