Institution

Kingdom of Great Britain

British state that fought the American War of Independence against the rebelling colonies and their European allies, including France.

Status: seed
Entity Type: institution
Start Date: 1 May 1707
End Date: 1 Jan 1801

Summary

The Kingdom of Great Britain was the metropolitan power against which the American revolutionaries rebelled and against which France intervened.

Historical role

Its conflict with France and the American revolutionaries turned a colonial rebellion into a wider war whose consequences extended into European fiscal and political history.

Connections

Useful for linking Atlantic warfare, imperial rivalry, and the fiscal burdens created by great-power conflict.