Kingdom of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain
1707–1800
Flag Royal coat of arms
Motto Dieu et mon droit (French: "God and my right")1
Anthem God Save the King/Queen
Territory of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Capital		London
Languages		English (throughout) Welsh (Wales) Scots (Scotland) Scottish Gaelic (Scotland)
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
•	Upper house	House of Lords
•	Lower house	House of Commons
History
•	1707 Union	1 May 1707
•	1801 Union	31 December 1800
Area
•	1801	230,977 km2 (89,181 sq mi)
Population
•	1801 est.	10,942,646
Density		47/km2 (123/sq mi)
Currency		Pound sterling
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of England Kingdom of Scotland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1 The Royal motto used in Scotland was [Nemo Me Impune Lacessit] (Latin for "No-one provokes me with impunity").

The Kingdom of Great Britain, named in the Acts of Union 1707 as Great Britain and described as the "United Kingdom of Great Britain" and "One Kingdom", was a state in the British Isles in Western Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800. It was created by joining the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, under the Acts of Union, to create a single kingdom that took in the whole of the island of Great Britain and many islands around it. A new single parliament and government, based in Westminster in London, controlled the new country. The two earlier kingdoms of Scotland and England had been in a personal union, sharing the same head of state since James VI, King of Scots, became King of England in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

In 1801, by the Act of Union 1800, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland were joined together into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the putting down of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Kings and queens

• Anne (1707–1714), previously Queen of England, Queen of Scotland, and Queen of Ireland since 1702.
• George I (1714–1727)
• George II (1727–1760)
• George III (1760–1801), continued as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1820.

References

Preceded by: Kingdom of England c 927–30 April 1707 Kingdom of Scotland c 843–30 April 1707

Kingdom of Great Britain 1 May 1707 – 31 December 1800

Succeeded by: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1 January 1801–5 December 1922