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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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A Great Britain Lions é a única equipe que havia competido na Copa do Mundo de Rugby, mas isso mudou em 2008, quando Inglaterra, Escócia e Irlanda competiram como nações separadas. [360] A Super League é o mais alto nível da liga profissional de rugby no Reino Unido e na Europa. É composto por 11 equipes do norte da Inglaterra, uma de Londres, uma do País de Gales e uma da França.
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The name Britain descends from the Latin name for the island of Great Britain, Britannia or Brittānia, the land of the Britons via the Old French Bretaigne (whence also Modern French Bretagne) and Middle English Bretayne, Breteyne. The term Great Britainwas first used officially in 1474. The use of the word "Great" before "Britain" originates in th...
The kingdoms of England and Scotland, both in existence from the 9th century (with England incorporating Wales in the 16th century), were separate states until 1707. However, they had come into a personal union in 1603, when James VI of Scotland became king of England under the name of James I. This Union of the Crowns under the House of Stuart mea...
As a result of Poynings' Law of 1495, the Parliament of Ireland was subordinate to the Parliament of England, and after 1707 to the Parliament of Great Britain. The Westminster parliament's Declaratory Act 1719 (also called the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719) noted that the Irish House of Lords had recently "assumed to themselves a...
Merging of Scottish and English Parliaments
The deeper political integration of her kingdoms was a key policy of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch of England and Scotland and the first monarch of Great Britain. A Treaty of Union was agreed in 1706, following negotiations between representatives of the parliaments of England and Scotland, and each parliament then passed separate Acts of Union to ratify it. The Acts came into effect on 1 May 1707, uniting the separate Parliaments and uniting the two kingdoms into a kingdom called Great...
Queen Anne, 1702–1714
During the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–14) England continued its policy of forming and funding alliances, especially with the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire against their common enemy, King Louis XIV of France. Queen Anne, who reigned 1702–1714, was the central decision maker, working closely with her advisers, especially her remarkably successful senior general, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The war was a financial drain, for Britain had to finance its allies and...
Hanoverian succession: 1714–1760
In the 18th century England, and after 1707 Great Britain, rose to become the world's dominant colonial power, with France as its main rival. The pre-1707 English overseas possessions became the nucleus of the First British Empire. "In 1714 the ruling class was so bitterly divided that many feared a civil war might break out on Queen Anne's death", wrote historian W. A. Speck. A few hundred of the richest ruling class and landed gentry families controlled parliament, but were deeply split, wi...
The Parliament of Great Britain consisted of the House of Lords (an unelected upper house of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal) and the House of Commons, the lower chamber, which was elected periodically. In England and Walesparliamentary constituencies remained unchanged throughout the existence of the Parliament.
Anne was from the House of Stuart and the Georges were from the House of Hanover.Anne had been Queen of England, Queen of Scots, and Queen of Irelandsince 1702. 1. Anne, Queen of Great Britain(1707–1714) 2. George I of Great Britain(1714–1727) 3. George II of Great Britain(1727–1760) 4. George IIIGreat Britain (1760–1800) George III continued as Ki...
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Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world.
O Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte (mais conhecido como Reino Unido', ou pela sigla em inglês UK, ou Grã-Bretanha ), (em inglês: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ), mais conhecido como Reino Unido, ou pela sigla em inglês UK, é um país insular soberano localizado na costa noroeste da Europa continental.
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
