well they joined because of the death of England's Queen Elizabeth I, who was childless. The English throne passed to in the line of succession, King James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England. The countries remained separate kingdoms with a common monarch until the act of union. Scotland didnt join because of no money and they didnt join the british empire they were the first ones who made it
Wales was first annexed to England under the rule of Edward II. The reasons behind this are as follows: England, with intentions of creating an Empire, made Wales the first province and shortly after concreted this in the Act of Union; Wales and England shared many ties, particularly socio-economic ones. Also, the cultures were similar and Wales, at a period of time rife with Imperialism and exploitation, needed protection from other Nations. Scotland, In the Act of Union 1707, followed suit centuries later. Again, the reasons were very similar, and identical in many ways to those aforementioned. Only with the forced Act of union 1801, concerning Ireland, did the group of Countries become became described as Great Britain. United Kingdom though, is the collective term given to the three Countries England, Scotland and Wales. The term united describing their shared political motives, economic prowess and industrial power collectively.
Because Queen Elizabeth of England died childless, so James the sixth of Scotland became King of England as well - of course. Elizabeth did cut off James' mother, Mary Queen of Scots' head, but he didn't let that stop him..
We imperialist British like to think that it stands for the fact that we are better than others.... but that's not so. Great refers to all the area of Britain, that is the mainland, as it were, and all the outlying islands. Great Britain is just mainland Scotland, England and wales. the UK is Scotland, England, wales and northern Ireland. the British isles are all the little islands, the mainland, and Ireland
First of all it is the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, not England, and he doesn't "rule" any countries. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is usually refered to as Great Britan, which is actually just made up of England, Scotland and Wales. Or as The United Kingdom (UK) The Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK, but Northern Ireland is.
England is a constituent kingdom of the U.K., The full title of the country is ' The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. The United Kingdom part is a union of constituent kingdoms, viz, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland. Wales in a Principality, not a kingdom. The Kingdom of Sodor and Man (Isle of MAN), is NOT a constituent kingdom , but legally a separate independent nation. England being the dominant kingdom in this union, has the whole country erroneously being called 'England'. Such is the nations long name, it is often shortened to ; U.K. United Kingdom, G.B. Great Britain, Britain, and as mentioned above erroneously 'England'. If you go to Scotland and erroneously refer to the whole as England, the Scots, will very quickly tell you , that you are not in England, but Scotland. King Charles (III) is head of State of the union and separately the constituent nations. All the constituent nations send representatives (MP's) to parliament, except to Isle of Man, which has its own parliament (Tynwald). Yes!!! It is a complex arrangement, that has come about through centuries of history.
The Acts of Union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 caused the dissolution of both the Parliament of England andParliament of Scotland in order to create a unified Kingdom of Great Britain governed by a unified Parliament of Great Britain.
There were about 1,012,000 people form the UK that died in WW1.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
England, Wales and Scotland form the UK
The country between Scotland and Wales is... England.
England is bordered by Wales in the West and Scotland to the North.England is in the UK which is a country which contains Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England
England Scotland wales northern Ireland and republic of Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Not to be confused with the UK, which is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There isn't one. The UK includes, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and islands. The mainland, which is England, Scotland and Wales is referred to as Britain. For the record, Scotland and Wales are not in England. They are all different areas that happen to be joined up.
The UK is actually not England it is a part of it. The UK includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
The United Kingdom (UK) is comprised of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It's actually four countries. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
No, England is part of the UK along with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.