Act of Union with Scotland

The Act of Union with Scotland was a treaty passed by both the English and Scottish parliaments in 1707. This act called for the creation of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1603 England and Scotland were both ruled by the same monarch. In 1688 there were revolutions including the “Glorious Revolution” between the separate parliaments in England and Scotland. These revolutions turned into all-out warfare by 1703. In an attempt to fix this plus the issues of the French attack on England, and the economic issues in Scotland, the two countries signed the Act of Union, effectively uniting them and the UK was born.