Geographically, the British Isles include the islands of Britain and Ireland and all of their off-shore islands. Politically, this means the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, therefore there are six flags, not four. These are; St. George's Cross = England, St Andrew's Cross = Scotland, flag of St David = Wales, St Patrick's Cross = Northern Ireland and the Irish Tricolour = Republic of Ireland. On public buildings within the UK, you are most likely to see the Union Flag, which is an amalgam of the flags of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The three countries represented on the Union flag are England, Scotland and Ireland (crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick make up the design).
The history behind the British flag: It used to be called the Union flag/ Union jack because it represented the union of all the countries of the United Kingdom. The flag is an amalgamation of three flags, England North Ireland and Scotland.
Andrew, Patrick and George.
New Zealand was discovered by the British from about 700 years ago, as you see in their flag they have a British flag in it and in the Austriallian flag aswell.
There are THREE crosses represented on the Union Flag. The crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick.
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Because the government picked the three colors and the design. That is why the flag is designed the it is.
It is Saint Patrick's cross and it represented Ireland, but now only Northern Ireland.
Countries that used to be part of the British Empire.
There are many countries with the same three colors as the American flag. It includes the United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Russia and Australia.
The British flag is also known as the 'Union Jack' or 'Union Flag' as it represents the administrative union of three countries that came together, under sovereignty, around 1921. The flag is a combination of three separate flags, that of Great Britain, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There is controversy as to where the term 'Jack' came from, but the one common denominator is that it stemmed from the Navy.
The state that is represented by the 50th star in the American flag is Hawaii.