Thirteen Colonies

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former British colony historical political entity

The Thirteen Colonies were the original British settlements along the Atlantic coast of North America that united to declare independence and form the United States.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
Thirteen Colonies canonical 348
United States (then Thirteen Colonies) 9
American colonists 6

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
capital no single capital ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
colonial currency ⓘ
dateOfIndependence 1776-07-04 ⓘ
economy plantation agriculture in the South ⓘ
small farms in New England ⓘ
trade and shipping in the Middle Colonies ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
flag Grand Union Flag ⓘ
followedBy United States of America ⓘ
governmentType British colonial administration ⓘ
hasPart Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Connecticut Colony ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
surface form: Delaware Colony

Province of Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Province of Maryland

Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay

Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: Province of New York

Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Province of Pennsylvania

Province of South Carolina ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colonial America
independenceFrom Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislature colonial assemblies ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British America
predecessor various English colonies in North America ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Catholicism ⓘ
Congregationalism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Quakerism ⓘ
resultOfIndependence formation of the United States of America ⓘ
significantEvent American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Boston Massacre ⓘ
Boston Tea Party ⓘ
First Continental Congress ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
startTime 1607 ⓘ
usedLaborSystem indentured servitude ⓘ
slavery ⓘ

Referenced by (401)

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

Massachusetts → wasOneOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies → partOf → Thirteen Colonies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British America
Thirteen Colonies → historicalEra → Thirteen Colonies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial America
Kingdom of Great Britain → hadColony → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Episcopal Church → origin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Boston Tea Party → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: British America
Boston Tea Party → participant → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: American colonists
Philadelphia → partOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony → partOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Battles of Lexington and Concord → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Grand Union Flag → usedBy → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Grand Union Flag → represents → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Continental Army → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States (historical Thirteen Colonies)
Continental Army → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Continental Army → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Colonies
American Revolutionary War → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
First Continental Congress → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Province of Quebec → borderedBy → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Tea Act → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Province of New Hampshire → partOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Province of New Jersey → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Second Continental Congress → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Second Continental Congress → jurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Minutemen → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Minuteman companies → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Continental Colors → represents → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Continental Navy → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Continental Navy → establishedInTerritorialEntity → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Valley Forge winter encampment → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States (then Thirteen Colonies)
Middle Colonies → partOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
American literature → hasPrecursorRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States (historical Thirteen Colonies)
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → locationOfAuthority → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Quebec Act → affected → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Quebec Act → angered → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: American colonists
Declaration and Resolves → countryContext → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteen American Colonies
Address to the People of Great Britain → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Address to the People of Quebec → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Siege of Boston → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Boston campaign → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Patriot (American Revolution) → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Sons of Liberty → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → appliedTo → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Intolerable Acts → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Intolerable Acts → opposedBy → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: American colonists
Battle of Bunker Hill → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
Virginia → partOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ