NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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Scotland was merged into England
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Ireland was merged into England
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The Welch population was given voting rights
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The Union Jack was introduced
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments in 1707, led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May of that year. The UK Parliament met for the first time in October 1707.
Detailed explanation-2: -This is the UK that remains to this day. So when was the UK established? Although some people argue that the UK was formed in 1707 by the Act of Union between England, Wales and Scotland, the name United Kingdom wasn’t adopted until 1801 when Ireland was brought into the union.
Detailed explanation-3: -This changed dramatically in 1603 on the death of Elizabeth I of England. Because the Queen had died unmarried and childless, the English crown passed to the next available heir, her cousin James VI, King of Scotland. England and Scotland now shared the same monarch under what was known as a union of the crowns.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1707, the Act of Union brought England and Scotland together, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Kingdom of England (Latin: Regnum Anglorum, lit. ‘Kingdom of the English’ or ‘Kingdom of the Angles’) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from about 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.