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Union with England Act
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Acts of Union 1707
The
Acts of Union
were two
Acts of Parliament
: the
Union with Scotland Act 1706
passed by the
Parliament of England
, and the
Union with England Act
passed in 1707 by the
Parliament of Scotland
. They put into effect the terms of the
Treaty of Union
that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. The Acts joined the
Kingdom of England
and the
Kingdom of Scotland
(previously separate
states
with separate legislatures, but
with the same monarch
) into a single, united kingdom named "
Great Britain
".
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