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.

Continental Navy → establishedInTerritorialEntity → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Public Land Survey System → excludes → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: original Thirteen Colonies

Liberty Pole → geographicScope → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Petition to the King → geographicScope → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thirteen American Colonies

Kingdom of Great Britain → hadColony → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasLocation → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

British America → hasPart → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Colonial America → hasPart → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

American literature → hasPrecursorRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Thirteen Colonies → historicalEra → Thirteen Colonies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial America

Dominion of New England → historicalRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

James Wright → historicalRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

South Carolina Sons of Liberty → historicalRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Tuscarora War → historicalRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Virginia pound → historicalRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Carolinas → historicallyPartOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

British–Native American wars → involved → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → jurisdiction → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Dorchester Company fishing outpost → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

East Jersey → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Eleanor → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Fort James → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Liberty Tree → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Maryland Sons of Liberty → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

New England colonial militias → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

New Jersey colonial assembly → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Province of Carolina → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thirteen Colonies region

Province of New Jersey → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Province of New York → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Province of North Carolina → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Saybrook Colony → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

West Jersey → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay → locatedIn → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Commons House of Assembly → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

American Loyalists → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

American Revolutionary War → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

American Revolutionary era → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Continental Army → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Colonies

Continental Navy → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Intolerable Acts → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Loyalist militias → location → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

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

Townshend Acts era → mainLocation → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

American Enlightenment → mainRegion → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → memberOf → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → operatedInTheTerritory → Thirteen Colonies ⓘ