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It should include articles on people who were subjects of various Colonies, but only during time frames in which the Colonies recognized British control. For people of the New Netherlander and New Sweden colonies in these regions, see: Category:People from New Netherland, and Category: People of New Sweden.
The 13 colonies had a degree of self-governance and active local elections, [a] and they resisted London's demands for more control over them. The French and Indian War (1754–1763) against France and its Indian allies led to growing tensions between Britain and the 13 colonies. During the 1750s, the colonies began collaborating with one ...
The Continental Army was the national army of first the Thirteen Colonies, and then the independent United States, during the American Revolutionary War, established by a resolution of the Congress on June 14, 1775, three days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, where it saw its first action under that title.
Each of the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States when they declared their independence in 1776 had militia units that served on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War. The history of militia in the United States dates from the colonial era. [ 1 ]
Old Stock American (also known as Pioneer Stock, Founding Stock or Colonial Stock) is a colloquial name for Americans who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies. Historically, Old Stock Americans have been mainly Protestants from Northwestern Europe whose ancestors emigrated to British America in the 17th and 18th ...
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Image credits: duncan1890 / Getty Images #13 Mary Read. Like Anne Bonny, Mary Read was one of two famous female pirates dressed like a man aboard John Rackham’s ship. Read was an illegitimate child.