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union with Scotland was effected in 1707, sixteen Scottish lords were to be elected to the House of Lords, as well as representatives to the House of Commons. The ecclesiastical, legal and educational systems, however, have remained seperate.
After Queen Anne´s death a strange thing hapened: the English accepted a foreign king rather than having the Catholic Stuarts back.
George I of Hanover (1714), a greatson of James I, was not able t speek English and was therefore unable to preside over meetings of his "Cabinet". This had to be done by one of his ministers, who came to be called PRIME MINISTER. From now on the King left the government of the country to Parliament and the Cabinet.
During the Napoleonic wars there was one important event:
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" was created by abolihing the Irish
Parliament and sending Irish Members to Westminster (1801).
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