How did the united kingdom get its name?

Answer 1

The United Kingdom is made up of Scotland, England, Wales and N. Ireland, so instead of four individual Kingdoms they became united under one King, therefore United Kingdom.

<a class="h2heading h2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" name="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a>In January 1707. Known as the Treaty of Union and when it was passed the parliaments of Scotland and England ceased to exist. There would now be a Parliament of Great Britain. The majority of the Scots people did not want this but it was believed by the Scottish Parliament that it (Scotland) could no longer survive on its own. Something of Scotland's independence remained; it was to keep its own Church, Legal System, Education System, Royal Burghs and Courts and of course it already had its own culture and history. But the seat of government now moved 400 miles south (to London). In June 1713, Scots peers introduced a bill to repeal the Union. It was narrowly defeated. However, Scotland would regain its own Parliament (through a democratic vote) in 1997 with some powers devolved from the UK parliament in London.

Answer 2

Its full name is... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.