Acts of Union 1707

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The Acts of Union 1707 were landmark statutes that united the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland into the single sovereign state of Great Britain under one parliament and monarch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional statute
parliamentary act
union treaty
alsoKnownAs Act of Union 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707

Union with England Act 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707

Union with Scotland Act 1706
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
appliesToJurisdiction England
Scotland
Wales
basedOn Treaty of Union 1706
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
createdPoliticalEntity Kingdom of Great Britain
dissolved Parliament of Scotland
effectiveDate 1707-05-01
established Parliament of Great Britain
followedBy Acts of Union 1800
guaranteed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
linked to: Church of Scotland

Scottish education system
Scottish legal system
historicalPeriod early modern period
introduced representation of Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain
language English
legalStatus in force
legislativeBody Parliament of England
Parliament of Scotland
locationOfParliament Westminster
linked to: City of Westminster
maintained separate Scottish church settlement
separate Scottish education system
separate Scottish legal system
monarchAtUnion Queen Anne
partOf constitutional history of the United Kingdom
precededBy Treaty of Union 1706
reorganized Parliament of England
resultedIn Kingdom of Great Britain
signedIn 1706
significance created the sovereign state of Great Britain
foundation of the modern United Kingdom
stipulated common customs and excise system
common succession to the throne
subjectMatter constitutional law
political union
state formation
united Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
unitedUnder single monarch
single parliament
yearEnacted 1707

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Parliament of Great Britain legalBasis Acts of Union 1707
Anne, Queen of Great Britain oversawEvent Acts of Union 1707
United Kingdom foundingDocument Acts of Union 1707
British monarch establishedInCurrentForm 1707 Acts of Union
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Peerage of Scotland createdBefore Acts of Union 1707
Peerage of Scotland affectedBy Acts of Union 1707
House of Stuart notableEvent Acts of Union 1707
Stuart period significantEvent Act of Union 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Kingdom of Scotland unionLegalBasis Acts of Union 1707
Kingdom of Scotland endCause Acts of Union 1707
Acts of Union 1707 alsoKnownAs Act of Union 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Acts of Union 1707 alsoKnownAs Union with Scotland Act 1706
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Acts of Union 1707 alsoKnownAs Union with England Act 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Act of Settlement 1701 influenced Acts of Union 1707
Act of Settlement 1701 partiallyAmendedBy Acts of Union 1707
Queen of Scots endCause Acts of Union 1707
British Crown formedBy Acts of Union 1707
Crown in right of the United Kingdom constitutionalDocumentsInclude Acts of Union
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Kingdom of England endCause Acts of Union 1707
Duke of Normandy titleRetainedAfter Acts of Union 1707
Scottish Enlightenment influencedBy Union of 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Parliament of Scotland dissolvedBy Acts of Union 1707
Parliament of Scotland associatedWithEvent Union of 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Peerage of England endCause Acts of Union 1707
Scottish representative peers in House of Lords describedBySource Acts of Union 1707, Article XXII
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
House of Hanover notableEventDuringRule Acts of Union 1707
Parliament of England dissolutionCause Acts of Union 1707
Scotland historicalUnion Acts of Union 1707
Royal Scots Navy endCause Acts of Union 1707
Stuart associatedEvent Act of Union 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
English Army endCause Acts of Union 1707
Union of the Crowns followedBy Acts of Union 1707
Peerage of Great Britain establishedBy Acts of Union 1707
Three Estates of Scotland dissolvedBy Acts of Union 1707
British monarchy keyEvent Acts of Union 1707
Scottish monarch endCause Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706 resultedIn Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706 implementedBy Union with Scotland Act 1706
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706 implementedBy Union with England Act 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706 relatedTo Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706 relatedTo Union with Scotland Act 1706
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706 relatedTo Union with England Act 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
Prince of Scotland endCause Acts of Union 1707
Anne of Great Britain notableEvent Acts of Union 1707
Anne of Great Britain signed Acts of Union 1707