Colonial America

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historical period region in history

Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.

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All labels observed (26)

Label	Occurrences
Colonial America canonical	208
British America	20
American colonies	9
Colonial New England	8
colonial America	7
English colonization of North America	6
American colonial period	5
British colonial America	5
English colonial America	5
American colonists	4
British colonial period in North America	4
Colonial United States	4
Colonial North America	3
English colonial era in North America	2
English colonists	2
North American colonies	2
American Colonies	1
American colonial art	1
Colonial American literature	1
Colonial period of New England	1
English colonial administration in North America	1
English colonial era in America	1
English colonial society	1
North American colonial frontier	1
United States (colonial America)	1
colonial North America	1

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ region in history ⓘ
characterizedBy	European settlement ⓘ frontier expansion ⓘ mercantilist economic policies ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ self-governing colonial assemblies ⓘ slavery ⓘ transatlantic trade ⓘ
demographicFeature	European settlers ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ large Indigenous populations ⓘ mixed-race communities ⓘ
dominantColonialPower	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dominantLanguage	English ⓘ
dominantReligion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ fur trade ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
educationInstitution	College of William & Mary ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College Yale University ⓘ surface form: Yale College
followedBy	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolutionary period Early Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: Early United States
governedBy	colonial assemblies ⓘ colonial charters ⓘ royal governors ⓘ
hasEndTime	1776 ⓘ American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolutionary War era late 18th century ⓘ
hasPart	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Middle Colonies ⓘ New England Colonies ⓘ New France ⓘ New Netherland ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Plymouth Colony ⓘ Province of Carolina ⓘ Province of Georgia ⓘ Colony of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Province of Maryland Province of New York ⓘ Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ Southern Colonies ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Florida Thirteen Colonies ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia Colony
hasStartTime	early 17th century ⓘ
influenced	American cultural identity ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ development of American political institutions ⓘ
influencedBy	British constitutional traditions ⓘ Enlightenment ideas ⓘ Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
linkedBy	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ triangular trade ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
majorConflict	Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War King Philip's War ⓘ Pequot War ⓘ Stono Rebellion ⓘ Yamasee War ⓘ
notableEvent	Great Awakening ⓘ surface form: First Great Awakening Mayflower Compact ⓘ Salem witch trials ⓘ establishment of Jamestown ⓘ founding of Plymouth Colony ⓘ signing of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
otherColonialPower	Dutch Republic ⓘ France ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Sweden
otherLanguage	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various Indigenous languages ⓘ
otherReligion	Catholicism ⓘ Indigenous religions ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
partOf	history of the United States ⓘ
precededBy	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery
predecessor	Indigenous cultures of North America ⓘ
socialStructure	hierarchical society ⓘ patriarchal family norms ⓘ

Referenced by (304)

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

Salem witch trials → country → Colonial America ⓘ

Massachusetts colonial legislature → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial America

Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → historicalEra → Colonial America ⓘ

George Washington → placeOfBirth → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Boston Massacre → hasLocation → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

First Continental Congress → appliesToJurisdiction → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of Quebec → locatedIn → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Tea Act → appliesToJurisdiction → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Court of Oyer and Terminer → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

Rebecca Nurse → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

subject surface form: Salem Village

Great Migration of Puritans → partOf → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: English colonization of North America

Abigail Adams → placeOfBirth → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Samuel Parris → region → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial New England

Tituba → country → Colonial America ⓘ

Thomas Jefferson → placeOfBirth → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of New Hampshire → partOf → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of New Jersey → locatedIn → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of New Jersey → historicalEra → Colonial America ⓘ

Middle Colonies → country → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of North Carolina → locatedIn → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of North Carolina → historicalEra → Colonial America ⓘ

Crispus Attucks → countryOfCitizenship → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Crispus Attucks → historicalEra → Colonial America ⓘ

Patriot (American Revolution) → historicalRegion → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

The Christian Philosopher → countryOfOrigin → Colonial America ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → location → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → appliedTo → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Giles Corey → countryOfCitizenship → Colonial America ⓘ

Giles Corey → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

Church (surname) → countryOfCitizenship → Colonial America ⓘ

subject surface form: Benjamin Church

American South (colonial and early national periods) → partOf → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Jonathan Edwards → countryOfBirth → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → partOf → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Province of South Carolina → locatedIn → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Paul Revere → countryOfBirth → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British America

Elizabeth Howe → era → Colonial America ⓘ

John Carver → era → Colonial America ⓘ

New York Colonial Assembly → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial period in North America

Half-Way Covenant controversy → country → Colonial America ⓘ

Half-Way Covenant controversy → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial New England

John Parker → historicalEra → Colonial America ⓘ

Governor William Phips → era → Colonial America ⓘ

subject surface form: William Phips

Ann Putnam Jr. → countryOfCitizenship → Colonial America ⓘ

Todd House → hasHistoricalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

Wonders of the Invisible World → countryOfOrigin → Colonial America ⓘ

John Proctor → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

Francis Nurse → country → Colonial America ⓘ

Samuel Maverick → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ

Bridget Bishop → historicalPeriod → Colonial America ⓘ