The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parliament of Scotland">Scottish Parliament</a> ratifies the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Acts of Union 1707">Act of Union</a>, paving the way for the creation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a>.<sup about="#mwt76" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_16#cite_note-12" id="mweQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mweg">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt73" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFLeadam1909">Leadam, I.S. (1909). Hunt, William; Poole, Reginald Lane (eds.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QFm8PtHUrM4C" id="mwB-8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB_A">The Political History of England. Volume 9: From the Accession of Anne to the Death of George II (1702-1760)</i></a>. New York: Longman, Greens, &amp; Co. p.<span id="mwB_E" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>106.</cite><span about="#mwt73" class="Z3988" id="mwB_I" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Political+History+of+England.+Volume+9%3A+From+the+Accession+of+Anne+to+the+Death+of+George+II+%281702-1760%29&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=106&amp;rft.pub=Longman%2C+Greens%2C+%26+Co.&amp;rft.date=1909&amp;rft.aulast=Leadam&amp;rft.aufirst=I.S.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQFm8PtHUrM4C&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+16"></span></span>