Thirteen Colonies
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The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War, and joined to form the United States o
The Thirteen Colonies of British America: (dark red): New England Colonies (red-brown): Middle Colonies (brown): Southern Colonies
Fort George and New York, c. 1731
Join, or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule.
Minutemen during the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 1775
United Colonies
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The United Colonies, officially the United Colonies of North-America, was created in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia as a newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colon
Thirteen Colonies
…Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States United Colonies, the name used by the Second Continental Congress in 1775–1776 Adams, James Truslow (1921). The Founding of New England. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN…
1776 eight-dollar Continental Currency banknote featuring "The United Colonies" name
Independence Hall