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  2. Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Laws in Wales Act 1535 was passed in 1536 in the 8th session of Henry VIII's 5th parliament, which began on 4 February 1535/36, [5] and repealed with effect from 21 December 1993. Meanwhile the act of 1542 was passed in 1543 in the second session of Henry VIII's 8th parliament, which began on 22 January 1542/43.

  3. Treaty of Union - Wikipedia

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    Treaty of Union. The published Articles of Union. The Treaty of Union is the name usually now given to the treaty [a] which led to the creation of the new state of Great Britain. The treaty united the Kingdom of England (which already included Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland to be "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". [1]

  4. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    First constitution for the United States. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and ...

  5. English Poor Laws - Wikipedia

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    This workhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, dates from 1780. The English Poor Laws[2] were a system of poor relief in England and Wales [3] that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in 1587–1598. The system continued until the modern welfare state emerged in the late 1940s. [1]

  6. List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1536 - Wikipedia

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    Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of ...

  7. Acts of Union 1536-1543 - Wikipedia

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  8. Perpetual Union - Wikipedia

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    The Perpetual Union is a feature of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which established the United States of America as a political entity and, under later constitutional law, means that U.S. states are not permitted to withdraw from the Union. The Articles of Confederation detailed the rights, responsibilities, and powers of ...

  9. Northwest Ordinance - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. It created the Northwest Territory, the new nation's first ...