| United Kingdom of Great Britain, France and Ireland Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande (French) Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire, an Fhrainc agus Éire (Irish) | ||||||
| Timeline: Joan of What? | ||||||
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| Motto Semper Eadem (Latin) Ever the same | ||||||
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| Capital | London | |||||
| Languages | English Welsh Cornish French | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| Monarch | ||||||
| - | 1690 – 1702 | William III and Mary II (Mary until 1694) | ||||
| - | 1702 – 1714 | Anne | ||||
| - | 1714 – 1727 | George I | ||||
| - | 1743 – 1760 | George II | ||||
| - | 1760 – 1783 | George III | ||||
| Prime Minister | ||||||
| - | 1721 – 1742 | Sir Robert Walpole (first) | ||||
| - | 1783 | The Duke of Portland (last) | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper house | House of Lords | ||||
| - | Upper house | House of Commons | ||||
| History | ||||||
| - | Acts of Union | 1690 | ||||
| - | French Revolution | 1783 | ||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | |||||
The United Kingdom of Great Britain, France and Ireland was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1 May 1690 to 3 September 1783. The state came into being following the Acts of Union 1690, which united the United Kingdom of Great Britain and France and Ireland to form a single kingdom encompassing all of the British Isles and France. The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster. The former kingdoms had been in personal union since 1542, when Henry VIII was made King of Ireland.
The early years of the unified kingdom were marked by small uprisings in northern France which ended in defeat. Later on, however, in 1781 the French Revolution resulted in the toppling of the British crown, and its replacement by the French First Republic. This in turn led to George III's exile to Australia and the subsequent formation of the Empire of Cygnia, which would go on to become a major world power.
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