In which century did the first shared parliament operate?

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In which century did the first shared parliament operate?

Think about when two kingdoms first sat in one legislative body. England and Scotland started sharing a parliament after the Act of Union in 1707, which created the Parliament of Great Britain at Westminster. That moment belongs to the eighteenth century, making it the earliest period when there was a single, shared parliament for both kingdoms. Before that, they had separate parliaments in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and later, in the nineteenth century, Ireland joined to form the United Kingdom Parliament.

Think about when two kingdoms first sat in one legislative body. England and Scotland started sharing a parliament after the Act of Union in 1707, which created the Parliament of Great Britain at Westminster. That moment belongs to the eighteenth century, making it the earliest period when there was a single, shared parliament for both kingdoms. Before that, they had separate parliaments in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and later, in the nineteenth century, Ireland joined to form the United Kingdom Parliament.

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