United Colonies

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confederation historical political entity predecessor state of the United States of America

The United Colonies was the collective name for the Thirteen American colonies that united in armed resistance against Great Britain during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.

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Label Occurrences
United Colonies canonical 10

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf confederation ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
predecessor state of the United States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United Colonies of America ⓘ
capital Philadelphia ⓘ
commonGoal independence from Great Britain ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
currency Continental currency ⓘ
Pound sterling ⓘ
endTime September 9, 1776 ⓘ
establishedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
flag Grand Union Flag ⓘ
followedBy United States of America ⓘ
governmentType revolutionary confederation ⓘ
hasConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
hasPart Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia

Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Delaware Colony ⓘ
Province of Georgia ⓘ
Colony of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Province of Maryland

Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ
headOfState George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III
historicalRegion Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: Eastern North America
includedTerritory Atlantic seaboard of North America ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalSuccessor United States of America ⓘ
legislativeBody Continental Congress ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
nameChangedTo United States of America ⓘ
opposedBy Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
reasonForChange American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of Independence and assertion of statehood
religion Protestantism ⓘ
replacedBy United States of America ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ
Siege of Boston ⓘ
adoption of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
startTime 1775 ⓘ
May 1775 ⓘ
usedNameUntil September 9, 1776 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Bunker Hill → belligerent → United Colonies ⓘ
Benedict Arnold → allegiance → United Colonies ⓘ
Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment → allegiance → United Colonies ⓘ
Battle of Long Island → belligerent → United Colonies ⓘ
Old Put → allegiance → United Colonies ⓘ
subject surface form: Israel Putnam
George Rogers Clark → countryOfCitizenship → United Colonies ⓘ
New Hampshire Militia → allegiance → United Colonies ⓘ
United Colonies of America → alsoKnownAs → United Colonies ⓘ
Enoch Poor → countryOfCitizenship → United Colonies ⓘ
Starfield → faction → United Colonies ⓘ