[CHAPTER XII.]
THE UNION JACK OF QUEEN ANNE, 1707.
THE SECOND UNION JACK.
The story of the flag now brings us to the creation of the second two-crossed Jack, being the first real "Union Jack" (23).
23. Union Jack of Queen Anne, 1707.
In the year 1707, being the sixth year of the reign of Queen Anne, the Parliaments of England and Scotland were at length brought into Union in one Parliament. Up to this time there had not been one distinctive "Union Jack" to represent both the kingdoms—no one flag taking the place of the separate national Jacks of St. George and St. Andrew, which the English and Scotch subjects of the Sovereign had each been instructed and continued to use, according to their nationality.
In Acts of Parliament which had been passed in the Parliaments of England and Scotland, prior to their ceasing to act and becoming merged in the one "Union Parliament of Great Britain," authority had been given to the Queen to create a flag, in which the two national flags, the "Crosse of St. George" and the "Crosse of St. Andrew," should be joined together to form a Union Flag.
PLATE V
