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Tourists to the United Kingdom often want to know how the UK was formed.0:12
What can you tell them?0:18
Well, this took centuries and a lot of armed struggle was involved.0:19
In the 15th century, a Welsh prince, Henry Tudor, became King Henry VII of England.0:24
Then his son, King Henry VIII, united England and Wales under one parliament in 1536.0:30
In Scotland, a similar thing happened.0:40
The King of Scotland got the crown of England and Wales in 1603.0:42
He became king James I of England and Wales and King James VI of Scotland.0:47
And were the parliaments of England, Wales and Scotland also united at the beginning of the 17th century?0:53
No, that happened a century later, in 1707.1:00
The United Kingdom is a name that was introduced Much later, in 1801, when Great Britain became united with Ireland.1:03
Do you mean that the whole of Ireland was united with Great Britain?1:10
Great Britain and Ireland were one country from 1801 until 1922.1:16
And what happened then?1:21
In 1922, the independent republic of Ireland was formed on the bigger part of the territory.1:23
Northern Ireland became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.1:30
So there are four parts in the uk, aren't there?1:36
Three of them are situated in Great Britain.1:40
They're England, Scotland and Wales.1:43
Of the four parts that make up Great Britain, England is the largest.1:45
Over 46 million people out of the population of the UK live in England.1:50
The coasts of England are washed by the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel and the Strait of Dover.1:55
No part of England is more than 120 kilometers from the sea.2:02
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