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The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the de facto flag of the United States until 1777, when the 13 star flag was adopted by the Continental Congress.
The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, [1] [2] Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally from 1707 to 1801. It was the first flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. [3] [4] It is the precursor to the Union Jack of 1801.
On April 17, 1707, Queen Anne issued a proclamation regarding the Union Flag's use, which was similar to the earlier version but had slight changes in the fimbriation width. The United Empire Loyalists brought this flag to British North America when they left the United States. In present-day Canada, the flag continues to be used as symbol of ...
The terms Union Jack and Union Flag are both used historically for describing the national flag of the United Kingdom.. According to the website of the Parliament of the United Kingdom: [11] [12] "Until the early 17th century England and Scotland were two entirely independent kingdoms (Wales had been annexed into the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542.).
A White Ensign with a pre-1801 Union Flag in the canton, defaced with a blue lighthouse in the fly, is the only British flag to still use the pre-1801 Union Flag. [28] This flag is only flown from vessels with the Commissioners aboard and from the Headquarters of the NLB, in Edinburgh. Ensign of Trinity House
Acts of Union 1707; American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; Anne, Queen of Great Britain; Antoine Lavoisier; Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen; Bastille Day; Battle of Bennington; Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) Battle of Culloden; Battle of Valcour Island; Battle of the Chesapeake; Battle of the Nile; Battles of Saratoga; British ...
English: An unofficial flag used throughout the interwar period combining the symbols of various nations from across the British Empire. The Cross of Saint George representing the English divides the flag into four quadrants, and the Union Flag is placed in the canton.
On the Union Jack, the article argued that it was not an imperial flag due to it only having been designed due to changes occurring locally on the British Isles. There was no Canada or Australia when the Union Jack was first adopted, so it could not represent the hundreds of millions of people who had since become part of the empire.