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United Kingdom of Great Britain | |||||||||||
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| Motto: (God and my right) | |||||||||||
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 Map of the kingdom's lands | |||||||||||
| Capital | London | ||||||||||
| Common languages | English (throughout) Welsh (Wales) Scots (Scotland) Scottish Gaelic (Scotland) | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Briton,British | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| House of Lords | |||||||||||
| House of Commons | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• | 1 May 1707 | ||||||||||
• | 31 December 1800 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1801 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1801 | 10942646 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | GB | ||||||||||
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1 The royal motto used in Scotland was Latin: Nemo me impune lacessit | |||||||||||
The United Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in the British Isles. The kingdom came into existence because of the Acts of Union 1707. These acts of parliament joined (unified) the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England. The kingdom's lands were Great Britain (an island in the Atlantic Ocean near Continental Europe) and some other islands in the British Isles. Throughout its existence, the kingdom was in a personal union (sharing the same monarchy) with the Kingdom of Ireland. Outside the British Isles, Great Britain governed other lands and started colonies: the British Empire.
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