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.

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Fort Washington → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Battle of Monmouth → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

Boston Sons of Liberty → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Boston Tea Party → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Boston campaign → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

British capture of Savannah → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Charleston Tea Party → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

Committees of Correspondence → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Continental Army → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

Continental Association → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Easttown Township, Province of Pennsylvania → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

First Continental Congress → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Great Awakening → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Lee Resolution → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Liberty Boys → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Minuteman companies → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Minutemen → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Monmouth campaign → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

New Jersey campaign of 1778 → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

New York Sons of Liberty → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Patriot (American Revolution) → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Patriots → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Petition to the King → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Philadelphia Academy → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Quartermaster General of the Continental Army → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

Saratoga campaign → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Union Fire Company → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

United Colonies → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Valley Forge winter encampment → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

William Dawes’s warning ride → country → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves → countryContext → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thirteen American Colonies

Benedict Arnold V → countryOfCitizenship → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

Address to the People of Great Britain → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Address to the People of Quebec → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Continental Congress resolutions → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Essays in the Boston Gazette → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Franklin stove → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Olive Branch Petition → countryOfOrigin → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Poor Richard's Almanack → countryOfPublication → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Peter Stuyvesant → deathPlace → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Province of Georgia → declaredIndependenceWith → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Hessian troops → deployedTo → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ