Articles of Union

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The Articles of Union were the detailed terms and conditions that structured the political and economic unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into Great Britain in the early 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Articles of Union canonical 2
Articles of Union 1706 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateEffective 1707-05-01 ⓘ
dateSigned 1706 ⓘ
defines number of Scottish representative peers in the House of Lords ⓘ
number of Scottish representatives in the House of Commons ⓘ
followedBy Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
guarantees continuation of the Scottish education system ⓘ
continuation of the distinct Scottish legal system ⓘ
preservation of the Church of England ⓘ
preservation of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
hasEffect abolition of the separate English and Scottish Parliaments ⓘ
creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
establishment of a customs and economic union between England and Scotland ⓘ
establishment of a single Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
representation of Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
unification of the English and Scottish national flags into the Union Flag ⓘ
union of the English and Scottish crowns under one kingdom ⓘ
hasLegalStatus binding agreement between England and Scotland ⓘ
hasPart provisions on parliamentary representation ⓘ
provisions on taxation ⓘ
provisions on the established churches ⓘ
provisions on the legal systems of England and Scotland ⓘ
provisions on the succession to the Crown ⓘ
provisions on trade and customs ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
implementedBy Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationSigned London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
partOf Union of England and Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
purpose economic union of England and Scotland ⓘ
political union of England and Scotland ⓘ
ratifiedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
relatedTo Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Union Flag ⓘ
history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
significance foundation of the constitutional structure of Great Britain ⓘ
key step in the formation of the British state ⓘ
significantEvent negotiations between English and Scottish commissioners in 1706 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Union 1706 → hasPart → Articles of Union ⓘ
Treaty of Union 1706 → alsoKnownAs → Articles of Union 1706 ⓘ
linked to: Articles of Union
Union of Brest → hasPart → Articles of Union ⓘ