Imodeli yesizwe okanye ilizwe-meko, abanye abaphengululi baphikisile, kukho i-Great Britain. EBritani ukusekwa kwesizwe-urhulumente kwakungengomphumo wokuqina ngesiquphe okanye iguquko. Yabakho ngenxa yenkqubo ekhethiweyo. Kwakungekho luzwe lwaseBritane ngaphambi kwenkulungwane yeshumi elinesibhozo. Ezona ndawo ziphambili zabantu abahlala kuzo iziqithi zaseBritane zazingathandabuzekisi, ezinje ngesiNgesi, iWelsh, i-scot okanye i-irish. Bonke aba bangamaqela babenezithethe zabo zenkcubeko kunye nezopolitiko. Kodwa njengoko lonke olu luhlanga luthanga lukhula ngokuthe gabalala lubutyebi, ukubaluleka kwamandla, kwakwazi ukwandisa impembelelo yayo kwezinye izizwe eziqithini. IPalamente yesiNgesi, eyayibamba amandla kwinkosi ngo-1688 ekupheleni kwengxabano evuthiweyo, yayisisixhobo apho isizwe-sizwe, kunye ne-England kwiziko labo, laza lazelwa. UMthetho we-Union (1707) phakathi eNgilani nase-Scotland ekhokelela ekumiselweni ‘kwe-United Kingdom yaseBritain’ yayithetha, ukuba, ukuba iNgilane yayikwazi ukubeka impembelelo yayo eScotland. IPalamente yaseBritane yakuvulwa ngokulawulwa ngamalungu ayo yesiNgesi. Ukukhula kwesazisi saseBritane kwakuthetha ukuba inkcubeko eyahlukileyo ye-Scotland kunye namaziko ezopolitiko ayecinezelwe ngokulandelelana. Iintsomi zama Katolika ezabenza iindawo eziphakamileyo zeScotland zihluphekile xa zizama ukuxhasa inkululeko yabo. Iindawo eziphakamileyo ze-Scotland zangavumelekanga ukuba zithethe ulwimi lwabo lwe-gaelic okanye zinxibe isinxibo sabo sesizwe, kwaye amanani amakhulu ayeqhutywa ngenkani kwilizwe lawo.
I-Ireland inesithukuthezi esifanayo. Yayililizwe elahluleke kakhulu phakathi kwamaKatolika namaProtestanti. IsiNgesi sanceda abaProtestanti baseIreland ukumisela inkohliso kwilizwe lamaKatolika. Imvukelo yamaKatolika ngokuchasene ne-Britane icinezelwe. Emva kwemvukelo eyenziwa yi-Wolfe Tone kunye ne-Irishmen yakhe (1798), iIreland yayiquka kwi-United Kingdom ngonyaka ka-1801. Iimpawu zeBritane yeNew Britane-Iflegi yaseBritane (i-Union Jack), uMhobe weSizwe uyawusindisa inkosi yethu), ulwimi lwesiNgesi – lalisinda kwaye lalingamaqabane aphantsi kulomanyano.
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