1700s in Great Britain - 1707 in Great Britain, 1708 in Great Britain, 1709 in Great Britain, Statute of Anne, Acts of Union 1707 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: 1707 in Great Britain, 1708 in Great Britain, 1709 in Great Britain, Statute of Anne, Acts of Union 1707, Scilly naval disaster of 1707, List of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1707-1719, 1st Parliament of Great Britain, HMS Association, 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, Succession to the Crown Act 1707, 1700s in Wales, Treason Act 1708, Keeble v Hickeringill, Coalition Ministry, British general election, 1707, Parochial Libraries Act 1708, British general election, 1708, Foreign and Protestants Naturalization Act 1708, Scottish Militia Bill 1708, Repeal of Certain Scotch Acts 1707. Excerpt: The Acts of Union were two Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 by the Parliament of England, and in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland, which put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. The Acts joined the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland (previously separate states, with separate legislatures but with the same monarch) into a single, united kingdom named "Great Britain." The two countries had shared a monarch since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne from his double first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I. Although described as a Union of Crowns, until 1707 there were in fact two separate Crowns resting on the same head (as opposed to the implied creation of a single Crown and a single Kingdom, exemplified by the later Kingdom of Great Britain) . There had been three attempts in 1606, 1667, and 1689 to unite the two countries by Acts of Parliament, but it was not until the early 18th century that the idea had the will of both political establishments behind them, albeit for rather different reasons. The Acts to...