Act of Union Is Passed by Parliament
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Geography
- Subcategories: Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History, 18th Century European History
- Geographical Location: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
- Date: April 21, 1800
Article abstract: The Act of Union is passed by Parliament, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and unifying the Churches of Ireland and England.
Summary of Event
While Great Britain was battling revolutionary France, there was fierce unrest and rebellion in Ireland; as a result, the prime minister of Great Britain, William Pitt the Younger, proposed the Act of Union.
Although nominally an independent kingdom ruled by the British king, Ireland in the eighteenth century was actually little more than a British colony with a...
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