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    Articles of Union presented by Commissioners to Queen Anne, 1706 (c1905). Commissioners appointed by English, Scottish Parliaments. The Acts of Union was signed in 1706 and 1707, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, 1905). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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