Anne was the ruler of a sovereign state in western Europe.
On 1 May 1707 , under the Acts of Union , two of her realms , the kingdoms of England and Scotland , united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain .	Scotland	Kingdom of Scotland	Acts of Union	Acts of Union 1707	England	Kingdom of England	sovereign state	sovereign state	Great Britain	Kingdom of Great Britain
The United Kingdom of Great Britain , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 .	Europe	Europe	sovereign state	sovereign state	western Europe	western Europe	Great Britain	Great Britain	United Kingdom	United Kingdom
