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History of the United Kingdom
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History of the United Kingdom
The
history of the United Kingdom
as a unified
sovereign state
began in 1707 with the
political union
of the kingdoms of
England
and
Scotland
, into a united kingdom called
Great Britain
. Of this new
state
the historian
Simon Schama
said "What began as a hostile merger would end in a full partnership in the most powerful
going concern
in the world... it was one of the most astonishing transformations in
European history
." A further
Act of Union
in 1800 added the
Kingdom of Ireland
to create the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
.
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