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Adapted from National Atlas of the United States scan uploaded by Kooma using File:Blank US Map.svg as a template: Author: Cg-realms; adapted from a scan from the National Atlas of the United States: Other versions: Image:Map Thirteen Colonies 1775-fr.svg Image:Map of territorial growth 1775.jpg
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A map of the Thirteen Colonies (in red) and nearby colonial areas (1763–1775) just before the Revolutionary War. In response, the colonies formed bodies of elected representatives known as Provincial Congresses, and colonists began to boycott imported British merchandise. [62]
The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the de facto flag of the United States until 1777, when the 13 star flag was adopted by the Continental Congress.
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Detail from Montresor's map showing the height of land; Spider Lake and swampy areas are absent. Detail from a 1924 topographic map of the same area, annotated with Arnold's approximate route over the height of land (H). Note Spider Lake and swamps shown to the east of Lake Mégantic; parts of the expedition were lost for days there.
The United Colonies of North-America [1] [2] was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colonies in 1775 and 1776, before and as independence was declared.