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Revoke and Repeal the Act of Union 1707 (Treaty of Union)

Submitted on Tuesday 28th June 2016

Published on Wednesday 13th July 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 13th January 2017

Signatures: 186

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Britain ~ England ~ Parliament ~ Scotland

Petition Action

Revoke and Repeal the Act of Union 1707 (Treaty of Union)

Petition Details

In 1707 two Acts of Parliament was formed. This is called the 'Treaty of Union'. Revoke that Act to renegotiated and push for separate independent states. ie a 'United England'

Additional Information

The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland—which at the time were separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarch—were, in the words of the Treaty, "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain"


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