British unionism

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British unionism is a belief in the continued political union between the countries of the United Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed with the Acts of Union 1707, two acts passed by the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland which created a political union between the England and Wales (the Kingdom of England) and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. This event was the result of the Treaty of Union that was agreed on 22 July 1706,^[1] Prior to this, the kingdoms had been separate states in personal union since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when James VI of Scotland succeeded his cousin Elizabeth I of England as James I of England.

The Acts created a single monarch of the United Kingdom and a single Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Following the partition of Ireland, with only Northern Ireland remaining part of the union, the mordern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

See also

• British nationalism
• Conservative and Unionist Party
• Cornish self-government movement
• English nationalism
• Irish republicanism
• Loyalist (American Revolution)
• Scottish nationalism
• Ulster loyalism
• Ulster nationalism
• Unionism in Ireland
• Unionism in Scotland
• Welsh nationalism

Notes

1. ^ "Articles of Union with Scotland 1707". www.parliament.uk. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/rise_parliament/docs/articles_union.htm. Retrieved 19October 2008. 

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