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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 Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland, which had been gradually brought under English control between 1541 and 1691, to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
Seventy-five years ago the publication of the Beveridge Report laid the foundations for the UK's welfare state. But how does today's welfare state differ from that envisaged by the report's...
The historical immigration to Great Britain concerns the movement of people, cultural and ethnic groups to the British Isles before Irish independence in 1922. Immigration after Irish independence is dealt with by the article Immigration to the United Kingdom since Irish independence.
Mar 10, 2011 · Histories of the welfare state usually begin around 1945. The 1940 - 50 period does mark a particular point in the history of welfare in Britain. But to begin the story here distorts the...
1 day ago · Wales, a congeries of Celtic kingdoms lying in Great Britain’s southwest, was formally united with England by the Acts of Union of 1536 and 1542. Scotland, ruled from London since 1603, formally was joined with England and Wales in 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Nov 8, 2023 · The ceremonial associated with the State Opening continued as the English and Scottish Parliaments were succeeded by the Parliament of Great Britain and, following the British-Irish Union of 1801, the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (since 1922, Northern Ireland).
