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To be pedantic the country was called the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801. And the American colonies were part of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by helsinkiandrew 5y ago
To be pedantic the country was called the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801. And the American colonies were part of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
- twic 5y agoWere they? I thought they were separate entities under the same crown. The way that the Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not part of the UK today. They had their own legislatures, and their own bodies of law, separate from that made by Westminster.
- helsinkiandrew 5y agoWasn't there some big hooha about "no taxation without representation"? Channel Islands and Isle of Man are just about completely independent from the UK apart from their external relations/defence - own laws/taxes etc. and no tax is paid to/from the UK.