Acts of Union 1800
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The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acts of Union 1800 canonical | 35 |
| Act of Union 1800 | 13 |
| Union with Ireland Act 1800 | 2 |
| Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 | 1 |
| Act of Union 1800 implementation | 1 |
| Acts of Union (Irish Act) | 1 |
| Acts of Union 1800 era | 1 |
| Union with Ireland | 1 |
| Union with Ireland Acts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21817 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Acts of Union 1800 Context triple: [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, event, Acts of Union 1800]
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A.
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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B.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.
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C.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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D.
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
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E.
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Acts of Union 1800 Target entity description: The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
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A.
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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B.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.
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C.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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D.
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
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E.
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament
ⓘ
Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ Act of Parliament of Ireland ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ |
| affectedInstitution |
Parliament of Great Britain
ⓘ
Parliament of Ireland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Acts of Union 1800
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Union 1800
Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
surface form:
Union with Ireland Acts
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Ireland
|
| changedPoliticalStatusOf |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| constitutionalChange | creation of a single Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| createdPoliticalEntity | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1800 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1801-01-01 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Anglo-Irish Treaty
ⓘ
Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Acts of Union 1800
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Union (Ireland) 1800
Acts of Union 1800 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Union with Ireland Act 1800
|
| historicalPeriod | Georgian era ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
William Pitt the Younger
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surface form:
British government of William Pitt the Younger
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
abolition of the Parliament of Ireland
ⓘ
creation of a single kingdom ⓘ representation of Ireland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force in modified form ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Parliament of Great Britain
ⓘ
Parliament of Ireland ⓘ |
| locationOfEnactment |
Dublin
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| mergedInto | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| monarchAtEnactment |
George III of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
George III
|
| partOf | constitutional framework of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| purpose | political union of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| region | British Isles ⓘ |
| replaces | personal union between Great Britain and Ireland under the Crown ⓘ |
| result | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| significantFor |
history of Ireland
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history of the United Kingdom ⓘ political structure of the British Isles ⓘ |
| subject |
British–Irish relations
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constitutional history of the United Kingdom ⓘ unionism ⓘ |
| typeOfUnion | legislative union ⓘ |
| year | 1800 ⓘ |
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Subject: Acts of Union 1800 Description of subject: The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
Referenced by (56)
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