How did Britain's unfication come about?

Answer 1

Union of the Crowns happened in 1603 when James VI of Scotland became James I of England. Union of Parliaments happened in 1707 when the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh was closed and all power transferred to the new British Parliament in Westminster. It was at this time that the first Union Jack came about with the Scottish Cross of St Andrew superimposed by the English Cross of St George.

Answer 2

If you are talking about the British Isles, the various separate English nations (Mercia, Berenicia, Wessex etc.) were gradually united during the 6th to 10th centuries. Then during the Middle Ages and particularly during the reign of Edward I (1272 -1307), Wales was conquered and brought under English control, with his eldest son being called 'Prince of Wales'. Various attempts were made by him and others to conquer Scotland, but he was never successful. In 1603 the crowns of England and Scotland were united when James VI of Scotland became James I of England. The two countries were formally united in 1707 as 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain'

Ireland had been invaded on many occasions and effectively became a colony of England, but with its own Parliament . In 1802 this was abolished and Ireland made one with Scotland, England and Wales as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland' When the Irish Republic became independent the word 'Northern' was inserted before Ireland

Answer 3

The Kingdom of Great Britain came into being on 1st May 1707. If you visit this link, it will tell you the whole story.

Answer 4

You mean after the Roman legions left and the Picts, Saxons, Angles, and britons all fought, or during the time of norman duke in 1066.

Answer 5

I think it was William the Conqorer That unified Britain for the first time in history.

Answer 6

The original inhabitants were defeated by a celtic group sometime in prehistoric times. These celtic people lived in the southern parts of the country, south of the Pennines until the arrival of the Romans in the First Century CE. I don't count the invasion of Gaius Julius Caesar in the first century BCE, because he accomplished almost nothing by it, in spite of how he played it up, it was the invasion of Claudius that really created Roman Britain.

Tradition says that the Picts were in Scotland in the early days, they were colonized by Scots from Ireland later. In that period, the Scots asked for brides of noble birth from Ireland and this was granted in return for a pledge for the crown to pass through the female line. This tradition was kept down through the Stuarts in the 17th Century. Those people who had lived in England before the coming of the celts were pushed west into what is now Wales. Welsh is a variation of a word that means stranger or others.

Kingdoms in Britain were divided during the Roman period, ruled by tribes or clans. The various rebellions would sometimes unite tribes against the Romans, but these were all put down, partly due to their lack of unity. After the invasion of Gaul by the Germanic tribes, the last of the legionaries left, and the romanized Britons were left to try and hold on alone. The chief of the southeastern kingdom, known as Vortigern invited Saxon leader Hengst to come and help defend them against the Picts from the north and the Scots from Ireland. This brought the Saxons, Angles and Jutes to the island. Eventually they were to establish control. The individual kingdoms, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria were trying to make it alone, and not succeeding after the invasion of the Northmen in the 8th century. In the latter 9th century, Alfred of Wessex successfully united the various Saxon kingdoms not under direct control of the Danes against the Danes and defeated them at Eddington. Thereafter he referred to himself as King of the English not under the rule of the Danes. His grandson was the first true King of England.
After the death of Edward the Confessor in January 1066, there was a dispute over the succession. This was resolved by two battles, Harold Hardrada, who had a claim under a prior Danish king of England, was killed at Stamford Bridge in September of that year, and later, the victor of that battle, Harold Hardrada, was defeated at Hastings by William of Normandy.

Control over the country south of the Pennines, with the exception of Wales, was fairly secure, except for the ever troublesome northern shires. The Normans continued their rule, extending their control over Wales, and attempting to establish their control over Scotland and making some inroads into Ireland.

The final chapter in the unification of Britain is in the years following the death of Elizabeth I. She named James VI of Scotland, a cousin, as her successor. Through the Stuart line, the course of marriage and alliances eventually led to the accession of Mary, daughter of James II, who left the kingdom in 1688, and her husband William, Stadholder of the Dutch Republic, to the throne. Under the reign of their daughter Anne, the Act of Union brought Scotland officially under the control of the government at Westminster.