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The Kingdom of Great Britain

1707–1801
Flag Royal coat of arms
Location of  Great Britain in 1801  (green)

in Europe  (green & grey)

Capital London
51°30′N 0°7′W / 51.500°N 0.117°W / 51.500; -0.117
Languages English (official), Scots, Norn, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Angloromani
Demonym British, Briton
Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Monarch
 •  1707–1714 Anne
 •  1714–1727 George I
 •  1727–1760 George II
 •  1760–1801 George III
Prime Minister
 •  1721–1742 Robert Walpole
 •  1742–1743 Spencer Compton
 •  1757–1762 Duke of Newcastle
 •  1766–1768 William Pitt the Elder
 •  1770–1782 Lord North
 •  1783–1801 William Pitt the Younger
Legislature Parliament
 •  Upper house House of Lords
 •  Lower house House of Commons
History
 •  Treaty of Union 22 July 1706
 •  Acts of Union 1 May 1707
 •  Union with Ireland 1 January 1801
Area
 •  Total 230,977 km² (89,181 sq mi)
Population
 •  1707 est. 7,000,000 
     Density 30.3 /km²  (78.5 /sq mi)
 •  1800 est. 10,500,000 
     Density 45.5 /km²  (117.7 /sq mi)
Currency Pound sterling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Today part of  United Kingdom
a. ^ Monarch of England and Scotland from 1702 to 1707.
b. ^ Continued as monarch of the United Kingdom until 1820.
Scots: Great Breetain
Welsh: Prydain Fawr
Cornish: Breten Veur
Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn

in Europe  (green & grey)

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially Great Britain /ɡrt ˈbrɪ.tən/, was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800. The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706, ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands. It did not include Ireland, which remained a separate realm. The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster. The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI, King of Scots, became King of England and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I, bringing about a "Union of the Crowns". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714, the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover.


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