Commonwealth Music

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

United Kingdom



United Kingdom of Great Britain

Country: Great Britain
Continent: located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.
Population: 61.284.806
Population Origin: Old English.
Official language/s: official language is English.
Weather: It mild and oceanic
Flora and Fauna: Foxes, Rabbits, Deer, Hedgehogs, Mice, Weasels and Shrews.
History: On May 1,1701, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the political union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. This event was the result of the Treaty of Union signed on July 22, 1706 and ratified by the English and Scottish parliaments to create the 1707 Act of Union. Almost a century later, the Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as stipulated in the Act of Union of 1800.
In its first century of existence, the country played an important role in the development of Western ideas about the parliamentary system plus it made contributions to literature, arts and science. After the defeat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in the economic power of the nineteenth century and remained an eminent power into the twentieth century. The capital, London was the world´s largest city from 1831 to 1925.

Main Cities:

Londres,Birmingham,Glasgow,Liverpool,Edimburgo,Leeds,Sheffield,Manchester,Bristol,Cardiff, Leicester, Bradford, Coventry, Kingston upon Hull, Belfast, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent, Derby, Wolverhampton and Nottingham.

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