Acts of Union 1707
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The Acts of Union 1707 were landmark statutes that united the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland into the single sovereign state of Great Britain under one parliament and monarch.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acts of Union 1707 canonical | 83 |
| Act of Union 1707 | 5 |
| Union with England Act 1707 | 3 |
| Union with Scotland Act 1706 | 3 |
| Acts of Union | 2 |
| Union of 1707 | 2 |
| 1707 Acts of Union | 1 |
| Acts of Union 1707, Article XXII | 1 |
| Union of England and Scotland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Acts of Union 1707 Context triple: [Parliament of Great Britain, legalBasis, Acts of Union 1707]
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Acts of Union 1800
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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B.
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
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C.
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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D.
Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Acts of Union 1707 Target entity description: The Acts of Union 1707 were landmark statutes that united the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland into the single sovereign state of Great Britain under one parliament and monarch.
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A.
Acts of Union 1800
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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B.
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
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C.
Statute of Westminster 1931
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.
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D.
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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E.
Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional statute
ⓘ
parliamentary act ⓘ union treaty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Acts of Union 1707
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surface form:
Act of Union 1707
Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
surface form:
Union with England Act 1707
Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
surface form:
Union with Scotland Act 1706
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| basedOn | Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| createdPoliticalEntity | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dissolved | Parliament of Scotland ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1707-05-01 ⓘ |
| established | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| followedBy | Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ |
| guaranteed |
Church of Scotland
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surface form:
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Scottish education system ⓘ Scottish legal system ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| introduced | representation of Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland ⓘ |
| locationOfParliament |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster
|
| maintained |
separate Scottish church settlement
ⓘ
separate Scottish education system ⓘ separate Scottish legal system ⓘ |
| monarchAtUnion |
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Anne
|
| partOf | constitutional history of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| precededBy | Treaty of Union 1706 ⓘ |
| reorganized | Parliament of England ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| signedIn | 1706 ⓘ |
| significance |
created the sovereign state of Great Britain
ⓘ
foundation of the modern United Kingdom ⓘ |
| stipulated |
common customs and excise system
ⓘ
common succession to the throne ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
constitutional law
ⓘ
political union ⓘ state formation ⓘ |
| united |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| unitedUnder |
single monarch
ⓘ
single parliament ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1707 ⓘ |
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Subject: Acts of Union 1707 Description of subject: The Acts of Union 1707 were landmark statutes that united the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland into the single sovereign state of Great Britain under one parliament and monarch.
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