Act of Union: England and Scotland Become Great Britain
The Act of Union merges the separate parliaments of England and Scotland into a single legislative body, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. This political consolidation ends centuries of rivalry and establishes a unified state that dominates global trade and naval power for the next two centuries.
May 1, 1707
319 years ago
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