Original sentence: Britain was united since the 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland, and after the failure of the rebellion the Act of Union (1801) brought Ireland into the unitary state, previously being a separate entity under a common monarchy
Edited sentence: Britain was united since the 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland, and after the failure of the rebellion the Second Act of Union (1801) brought Ireland into the unitary state, previously being a separate entity under a common monarchy.While Rules of Engagement were not as strict in the 1790's as today, it still was a shocking atrocity at the time, and is remembered to this day in the locality