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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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
American colonists	6
United States (then Thirteen Colonies)	6
Thirteen Colonies region	3
United States (historical Thirteen Colonies)	3
American colonies	2
British America	2
Thirteen American Colonies	2
original Thirteen Colonies	2
British Thirteen Colonies	1
Colonial America	1
Southern Colonies	1
Thirteen Colonies (historical grouping)	1
Thirteen Colonies political institutions	1
Thirteen States	1
United States (former Thirteen Colonies)	1

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 (202)

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

Loyalist provincial corps → activeIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → adoptedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Quebec Act → affected → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Royal Proclamation of 1763 → affects → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Daniel Morgan → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Francis Marion → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Henry Lee III → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Hugh Mercer → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

John Stark → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Josiah Harmar → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Thomas Sumter → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

USS Providence → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

William Prescott → allegiance → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Kingdom of France → alliedWith → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonies

Quebec Act → angered → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonists

Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → appliedTo → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

British colonial authorities → appliesTo → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Lee Resolution → appliesTo → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Administration of Justice Act → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

Commander-in-Chief, North America → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Committee of Five → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Congress of the Confederation → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thirteen States

Continental Congress resolutions → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

President of the Continental Congress → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Stamp Act 1765 → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Tea Act → appliesToJurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Quartering Act → appliesToTerritory → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Frederick → associatedWith → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick North, Lord North

this entity surface form: American colonies

American Revolutionary War → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Atlantic campaign of the American Revolutionary War → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Bennington → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Long Island → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Ridgefield → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Valcour Island → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of White Plains → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battles of Lexington and Concord → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

British occupation of Philadelphia → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

King George's War → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Thirteen Colonies

Siege of Boston → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Siege of Charleston → belligerent → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Province of Quebec → borderedBy → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Robert Rogers → citizenship → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

New France → colonialRival → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Brandywine → combatant → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

British colonial authorities → conflictWith → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonists

American colonial assemblies → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Bunker Hill → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Camden → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (then Thirteen Colonies)

Battle of Chelsea Creek → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Eutaw Springs → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (then Thirteen Colonies)