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The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707 , which united the kingdoms of England (including Wales ) and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its ...
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a...
- United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,...
- Great Britain
Modern use of the term Great Britain. Great Britain refers...
- Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as...
- List of British Monarchs
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political...
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, often shortened to the United Kingdom (or UK), or just Britain, is a sovereign country in Western Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy of four countries which were once separate: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.