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The act ratifying the Treaty of Union was finally carried in the Parliament of Scotland by 110 votes to 69 on 16 January 1707, with a number of key amendments. News of the ratification and of the amendments was received in Westminster, where the Act was passed quickly through both Houses and received the royal assent on 6 March. [ 48 ]
Before the Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 came into force on 8 April 1793, acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular act was passed.
12 May (1 May Old Style) – The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which ratified the Treaty of Union: the kingdoms of England and Scotland are combined into a single, United Kingdom [2] and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain. [3]
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, which was in existence from 1707 to 1800 (inclusive). List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708
The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707 after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.It was in fact the 4th and last session of the 2nd Parliament of Queen Anne suitably renamed: no fresh elections were held in England or in Wales, and the existing members of the House of Commons of England sat as members of the new House of ...
The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 [1] (6 Ann. c. 41) is an act of parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain. [2] It is still partly in force in Great Britain. [3] The act was passed at a time when Parliament was anxious to ensure the succession of a Protestant on the death of Queen Anne. It replaced the Regency Act 1705.
For Acts of the years from 1707 by its successor the Parliament of Great Britain, see Category:Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Pages in category "Acts of the Parliament of England 1707" This category contains only the following page.
The Parliament of Great Britain was created in 1707. For Acts of the year 1707 and earlier by its predecessor parliaments, see Category:Acts of the Parliament of England and Category:Acts of the Parliament of Scotland