Parliament of Great Britain

The legislature created by the 1707 union of the English and Scottish parliaments, comprising the House of Lords and House of Commons until its replacement in 1801.

Acts of Union 1707: Legislation passed by the English and Scottish parliaments that united their kingdoms as Great Britain. These acts established the new legislature and specified the terms of union.
House of Commons of Great Britain: The elected lower chamber of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801. This chamber incorporated English and Scottish representatives under the union settlement.
Jacobitism: A movement seeking to restore the Stuart dynasty to the thrones of Britain and Ireland. Opposition to the union and the Hanoverian succession fed support for Jacobite restoration.
Parliament of England: The legislature of the Kingdom of England before its union with Scotland in 1707. It was one of the two legislatures dissolved to form the Parliament of Great Britain.
Treaty of Union: The agreement negotiated in 1706 that set out the terms for uniting England and Scotland. Its articles shaped the institutions and representation of the united kingdom.
House of Lords of Great Britain: The upper chamber of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801. Peers from the united kingdom sat in the chamber, with Scottish peers represented by elected members.
Jacobite rising of 1715: An unsuccessful uprising in Britain seeking to restore James Francis Edward Stuart to the throne. The first major Jacobite challenge tested the new British state soon after its creation.
Parliament of Scotland: Scotland’s national legislature from the medieval period until the union with England in 1707. Its dissolution marked the loss of Scotland’s independent national legislature.
Scottish Parliament: Scotland’s legislature before 1707 and again after devolution in 1999. It surrendered its independent legislative role when the union took effect.
Westminster: The London district that has housed the central institutions of English and British government. The new parliament met at the Palace of Westminster, continuing the English parliament’s location.

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