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The Acts of Union
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What is the Acts of Union?
The Acts of Union were a series of Acts, passed in 1707 by the Parliaments of England and Scotland, governing the union of the two kingdoms.
How did the UK come
about?
How did the UK come about?
- Centuries of tussling over control
- Wales was conquered
- Queen Elisabeth died
- James VI of Scotland -> James I of England
- England and Scotland united
Ireland under English control
- Ireland under control by England
- Henry VIII took away Catholic rights
- In the 1800 came revolutionary ideas to Ireland
- The society of united Irishmen allied with France
- Rebellion in 1798, but were defeated
- Talk of Catholic Emancipation
- The Acts of Union 1800 were passed.
Ireland joins the Party
Ireland joins the party
- In 1801 the kingdoms merged
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Ireland became neglected (the Potato Blight of the 1840s)
- Ireland's population cut trough half
- Ireland gained independence in 1920s
- Ulster wanted to stay in the union
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Effects
- the formation of a new state.
- transformation into the British parliament.
- the formation of a single Office of Admiralty.
Benefits and Effects