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  2. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The codes of law of the colonies were often drawn directly from English law; indeed, English common law survives not only in Canada, but also throughout the United States. Eventually, it was a dispute over the meaning of some of these political ideals (especially political representation ) and republicanism that led to the American Revolution .

  3. Freeman (Thirteen Colonies) - Wikipedia

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    During the American colonial period a freeman was a person who was not a slave. The term originated in 12th-century Europe. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a man had to be a member of the Church to be a freeman; in neighboring Plymouth Colony a man did not need to be a member of the Church, but he had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court.

  4. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. In the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), they established their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain as the United States of America.

  5. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...

  6. List of colonies - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of territories and polities that have been considered colonies. Colonies of European countries ... History of Egypt under the British ... United States ...

  7. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution , the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America , between 1776 and 1789.

  8. United Colonies - Wikipedia

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    in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to ...

  9. Timeline of Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    Free blacks ordered to leave the Colony of Virginia. 1700 – Neutrality treaty between the Iroquois and New France. William Kidd arrested in Boston. 1701 – William Penn issues his last frame of government. Delaware Colony granted charter, separating it from Pennsylvania. Yale University founded.