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16 January 2018

The Act of Union Is Passed By the Scottish Parliament, AD 1707

On this historic day,16 January, in 1707, the Act of Union was passed in the Scottish Parliament, merging the English and Scottish parliaments and paving the way for the new country of Great Britain.

The English Parliament passed the Act of Union on the 4th of March 1707 (Royal Assent on 6th of March) and, of course, it came into effect on the 1st of May 1707.

Pictured below are the Acts of Union are being presented to Queen Anne by the Duke of Queensbury in 1707.


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