Today is the 300th b'day of United Kingdom. The two kingdoms of Scotland and England proposed to be merged into a single state. After much discussion in both the parliaments, the resolutions were individually passed in the respective parliaments of England and Scotland in favour of the move.
It was brought to implementation as on 1st May 1707. After the unification, there would be one parliament for both the countries together based out of Westminster.

The United Kingdom adopted a new flag based on the merger of the scottish flag and the english flag as below

The Scottish flag



The English Flag



Original Union Jack




After the merger of Ireland to the Union, UK's flag became as below as is used today.

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