2006-08-04 05:27:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
in 1707, when the Scottish and "English" Parliaments merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain under the Act of Union. The union changed its name twice: first on the merger with Ireland ("United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") and then with the secession of the southern Irish counties to form the Republic of Ireland ("United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"). Throughout these changes, "England" (ie England/Wales) retained a separate legal identity from its partners (with a separate legal system from those in Northern Ireland and Scotland)and eventually the strong feelings of the Welsh were ackowledged when it was decided that the name would henceforth be "England and Wales". Wales gained even more of an identity when (like Scotland) it gained its "own" department of the UK government.
And Kingdom means faith
2006-08-08 04:11:12 · answer #1 · answered by dolphinchick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there usually was a king on the thrown in the past. I guess.
2006-08-04 12:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because queendom sounds silly. or something...
2006-08-04 12:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by Natalie R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we would have to change all the stationery
2006-08-05 01:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋