History of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is the sovereign state or realm that covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and which for over one hundred years included the whole of the island of Ireland.

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United Kingdom - Sovereign state - Realm - England - Scotland - Wales - Northern Ireland - Ireland

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The kingdom began to take its present shape with the Act of Union 1707, which united the parliaments of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create a United Kingdom of Great Britain. Subsequently, the Act of Union 1800 united the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the Irish Free State left the constantly-evolving kingdom, with just Northern Ireland remaining. As a result, since 1927 the United Kingdom's formal title has been The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. At its nucleus was a system of government created for the Kingdom of England and which at varying times incorporated the Principality of Wales, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Act of Union 1707 - United Kingdom of Great Britain - Act of Union 1800 - 1922 - Irish Free State - Northern Ireland - 1927

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