Background
Further information: History of the British IslesTreaty of Windsor | 1175 |
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Treaty of York | 1237 |
Treaty of Perth | 1266 |
Treaty of Montgomery | 1267 |
Treaty of Aberconwy | 1277 |
Statute of Rhuddlan | 1284 |
Treaty of Edinburgh–N'hampton | 1328 |
Treaty of Berwick | 1357 |
Laws in Wales Acts | 1535–1542 |
Crown of Ireland Act | 1542 |
Treaty of Edinburgh | 1560 |
Union of the Crowns | 1603 |
Union of England and Scotland Act | 1603 |
Act of Settlement | 1701 |
Act of Security | 1704 |
Alien Act | 1705 |
Treaty of Union | 1706 |
Acts of Union | 1707 |
Wales and Berwick Act | 1746 |
Irish Constitution | 1782 |
Acts of Union | 1800 |
Government of Ireland Act | 1920 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty | 1921 |
Royal and Parliamentary Titles | 1927 |
Ireland Act | 1949 |
N. Ireland (Temporary Provisions) | 1972 |
N. Ireland Assembly Act | 1973 |
N. Ireland Constitution Act | 1973 |
Northern Ireland Act | 1998 |
Government of Wales Act | 1998 |
Scotland Act | 1998 |
Government of Wales Act | 2006 |
Scotland Act | 2012 |
Edinburgh Agreement | 2012 |
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