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Acts of Union 1707
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The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. They put into effect
Cromwell at Dunbar by Andrew Carrick Gow. Scotland was incorporated into the Commonwealth after defeat in the 1650–1652 Anglo-Scots War.
Cromwell at Dunbar by Andrew Carrick Gow. Scotland was incorporated into the Commonwealth after defeat in the 1650–1652 Anglo-Scots War.
Queen Anne in 1702
Queen Anne in 1702
18th-century French illustration of an opening of the Scottish Parliament
18th-century French illustration of an opening of the Scottish Parliament
Portrait of John Smith by Godfrey Kneller, 1708. Smith was one of the commissioners who negotiated the union and was Speaker of the House of Commons i
Portrait of John Smith by Godfrey Kneller, 1708. Smith was one of the commissioners who negotiated the union and was Speaker of the House of Commons in the new united parliament. He is shown by Kneller holding a copy of the Act of Union.
Union of the Crowns
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The Union of the Crowns was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the thrones of England and Ireland as James I on 24 March 1603, and the consequent formation of a personal union between the Kingdo
Acts of Union 1707
…May 1707, creating the new kingdom, with its parliament based in the Palace of Westminster. The two countries had shared a monarch since the "personal" Union of the Crowns in 1603, when James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne from his cousin Elizabeth I to become (in addition) 'James I of England', styled James…
Margaret Tudor
Margaret Tudor
James in the year of his coronation in England, 1603
James in the year of his coronation in England, 1603
"England and Scotland with Minerva and Love" Allegorical work of the Union of the Crowns by Peter Paul Rubens
"England and Scotland with Minerva and Love" Allegorical work of the Union of the Crowns by Peter Paul Rubens
Arms of James VI and I in Edinburgh Castle, giving the Scottish elements precedence
Arms of James VI and I in Edinburgh Castle, giving the Scottish elements precedence