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A Long and Illustrious History › A Global Power
In what year was the Act of Union that joined England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain?
- 1649
- 1801
- 1603
- 1707
Why this is the correct answer
Parliament passed the Acts of Union in 1707, formally uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the single Kingdom of Great Britain. Scotland and England had shared the same monarch since 1603, but this act merged their parliaments as well.