Question

trace the steps leading to the formation of the United Kingdom of great Britain

Answer 1

Answer:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

• A hundred years later the Act of Union of 1801 joined Ireland to 'Great Britain' and the name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" was first used. (Since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom and so the name changed).

Answer 2

Answer:

• It was formed out of a long-drawn out process, not by sudden upheaval or

revolution.

• Great Britain was the model of the nation and prior to the eighteenth century

there was no British nation. The nation became powerful as it steadily grew in

wealth, importance and power.

• No concept of Nation-state; various ethnic groups- Scot, Welsh, Irish, English

• England comparatively became more prosperous due to industrialization; English

Parliament seized power from Monarchy in 1688

• In order to sustain and increase its power, England began expanding (similar to

Lebensraum); started its control over Scotland

• England has major Protestant population; Ireland had Catholics, Scotland too.

• England started supporting the minor protestant population in Ireland and

Scotland

• Through „Act of Union‟ in 1707 = England + Scotland = UK of Great Britain

• England dominated Scotland through its language and ethnicity

• Case of Ireland- Higher Catholic population in Ireland; but bigger population

of Protestants in the Northern Ireland

• Failed revolt by Wolfe Tone and his united Irishmen (1798) against the English

• Ireland+ Great Britain = United Kingdom (1801)

• British Nation- British flag (Union Jack), National Anthem (God save our noble

king), English language. (for collective identity) ; small identities lost, bigger

one made.