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title: "Formation of the Union of South Africa"
year: 1910
country: "South Africa"
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startDate: "1910-01-01"
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# Formation of the Union of South Africa

> The dominion's founding institutionalized racial segregation and set the trajectory toward apartheid.

## Summary

The formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has involved personal and political union across Great Britain and the wider British Isles. The United Kingdom is the most recent of a number of sovereign states that have been established in Great Britain at different periods in history, in different combinations and under a variety of polities. Historian Norman Davies has counted sixteen different states over the past 2,000 years.

## Sources

- [Formation of the United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_of_the_United_Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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