Editing Kingdom of Great Britain (section)

==Role of Ireland==
As a result of [[Poynings' Law (on certification of acts)|Poynings' Law]] of 1495, the [[Parliament of Ireland]] was subordinate to the [[Parliament of England]], and after 1707 to the Parliament of Great Britain. The Westminster parliament's [[Declaratory Act 1719]] (also called the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719) noted that the [[Irish House of Lords]] had recently "assumed to themselves a Power and Jurisdiction to examine, correct and amend" judgements of the Irish courts and declared that as the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] was subordinate to and dependent upon the crown of Great Britain, the [[George I of Great Britain|King]], through the Parliament of Great Britain, had "full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient validity to bind the Kingdom and people of Ireland".{{Sfn|Costin|Watson|1952|pages=128–129}} The Act was repealed by the [[Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act 1782]].{{Sfn|Costin|Watson|1952|page=147}} The same year, the [[Constitution of 1782|Irish constitution of 1782]] produced a period of legislative freedom. However, the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]], which sought to end the subordination and dependency of the country on the British crown and to establish a republic, was one of the factors that led to the formation of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] in 1801.{{Sfn|Williams|1962|pages=287–306}}