yes wales ,England and Scotland

Three,

England's cross of St. George

Scotland's cross of St. Andrew

Ireland's cross of St. Patrick.

Because New Zealand used to be a British Colony.

Only when flown from a ship. It is the union flag on land.

(Not quite):

"The original Union Flag was introduced in 1606 as a maritime flag,

and in 1634 a Royal Proclamation laid down that the Union Flag

was reserved for His Majesty's Ships of War and forbid

merchant ships to wear it..........

It is quite clear that the name Union Jack was the name given to

the distinguishing flag of His Majesty's Ships, and that it is proper

to call this flag a Union Jack when flying in a ship, but this flag

which was formerly purely maritime is now used as the National flag

of Britain and some consider that it is incorrect to call it a Union Jack

when it is not flying in a ship and that when flying ashore

it should be called the Union Flag.

Strictly this view may be correct, and there would be no doubt as

to its correctness if the flagused were the 1900 War Office pattern,

but this is not so, and the flag that is seen in Britain flying from the

Houses of Parliament and other public buildings is the pattern

adopted by the Royal Navy.

Furthermore, it has been called the Union Jack in modern times

in Parliament and so by common useage it is considered that it

IS CORRECT to call this flag, which is to all intents the National flag

of the United Kingdom, the UNION JACK . It would also appear that

the 1900 War Office version should not be called the Union Jack; in

fact it is generally known as the 'Gret Union Flag'."

"Flags of the World"

Edited by E.M.C Barraclough C.B.E., R.N. and

W.G. Crampton M.ED.

When Elisabeth I Queen of England died on 24th March 1603 she did so without an heir. Worse that this due to the War of the Roses and years of family infighting the English Royal family died out leaving no English born contenders for the throne of England. At a time when any European Country without a monarch was likely to be invaded, this left the English Parliament with a real crisis on their hands.

Through marriages the Kings of other European Countries including Spain, France, Holland and Scotland all had legitimate clams for the throne of England. If all of these countries were to invade England and fight for the English Crown the result would have been a bloodbath. The English Parliament convened to resolve the situation. It was decided that the best option was to offer the English Crown to King James VI of Scotland for two main reasons. He was the son of Mary Queen of Scots, cousin to Elisabeth I and so carried the bloodline of the English Royal family. Secondly, as he was King of Scotland, the northern boarder of England would be protected from invasion by his Army in Scotland whilst the English Army could defend England from a threat of invasion from the south by Spain, France and Holland.

So it was on the 25 July 1603, James VI of Scotland became his Britannic majesty King James I monarch of the United Kingdom. James wanted a new flag for the new Union of England and Scotland. For this he took the white flag with red cross, the flag of St George, the patron Saint of England and juxtaposed this over the blue flag with white diagonal cross of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. Later on the red diagonal cross taken from the flag of St Patrick, the patron St of Ireland was integrated into the Union flag when Ireland was absorbed into the United Kingdom after Prince William of Orange defeated the deposed King James II at the battle of the Boyne. Incidentally, the present monarch her Britannic majesty Queen Elisabeth II is a descendent of James I.

The union Jack represents Australia's connection to England

The 'Union Flag' or the UK is commonly (and incorrectly) called the Union Jack. A jack is a small flagpole on the front of a ships. This is where the Union Flag is flown on Royal Navy ships, hence a flag used for that specific purpose is called a Union jack flag. All other usage, other than naval, should refer to it as the 'Union Flag'.

Interestingly enough, the Union Flag is not the official national flag of the UK, because the UK does not have a legally defined national flag. It is just commonly accepted as being so.

Australia's flag.

The Union Jack and the Union Flag are the same thing, both names are acceptable.

Some people will say that the term, Union Jack, should only be used when the flag is flown on Royal Navy ships, but this is incorrect. the Flag Institute has a full explanation, see their website, search for 'the flag institute'

1. The Union Jack represents the origin of the original settlers, which is England.

2. The 6 stars are made up of the Southern Cross (5 stars) and the Star of Federation (1 star).

All countries in the South Pacific has the Southern Cross on them.

The Star of Federation is not a "Real" star it is symbol. Each point represents a state in Australia (Australia has 6 states) and 1 point to represent Australia's territories (Australia has 7 territories).

because the English only wanted the English flag to be correct which is the Saint George flag or red cross on a white background, so the diagonal cross is offset. the earlier union flag didn't have any red diagonal lines on it. they were probably added for symmetry. I'm not an expert, someone probably knows a little more about the history

To symbolise distress. If you simply turn it upside down then it would symbolise distress, if you rotate it however it is still the same.

There are two red crosses on the Union Flag. The 'plus' cross is from the English flag and the 'multiplication' crass is from the Ulster flag.

The Red Ensign is the national flag flown on British non-military boats and ships. The White Ensign is flown on military vessels.

Jack Spang was created in 1957.

National flags flown upside down used to be an internationally recognized signal to signify a distress situation but with modern communications, this is no longer necessary. The Union Flag flown upside down is still seen occasionally, but this is down to ignorance rather than distress.

1801

purple

The british have never had a flag to change