The English and Scottish acts of ratification took effect on 1 May 1707, creating the new kingdom, with its parliament based in the Palace of Westminster.

Act of Union, (May 1, 1707), treaty that effected the union of England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain. Since 1603 England and Scotland had been under the same monarchs.

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Events from the year 1707 in Great Britain, created on 1 May this year as a consequence of the 1706 Treaty of Union and its ratification by the 1707 Acts of Union. [1]

The Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments in 1707, led to the creation of a united kingdom to be called “Great Britain” on 1 May of that year. The UK Parliament met for the first time in October 1707.

The Act came into effect on May 1st 1707; the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament united to form the Parliament of Great Britain, based in the Palace of Westminster, London, the home of the English Parliament.

May 1 – The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland are united as the Kingdom of Great Britain. May 8 – The siege of Játiva within the Spanish kingdom of Valencia begins as 9,000 Castilian and French troops, at the direction of King Philip V attack Játiva, defended by troops of the Kingdom of Aragon .

Historical Events for 1st May, 1707 » The Act of Union 1707 known as Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1st May 1707 The Acts of Union come into force. England and Scotland had shared a monarch for more than a century by the time the Acts of Union officially brought them together to form a single kingdom. The Acts are so named because they were two separate treaties.

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts took effect when the two legislatures merged into the Parliament of Great Britain, based in London. With this merger, the two previously independent nations became a single nation known as Great Britain.