enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Patriot (American Revolution) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)

    Liberalism. Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain 's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.

  3. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies

    e. The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775.

  4. List of Patriots (American Revolution) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Patriots_(American...

    Patriots were colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution. Many Patriots served in multiple capacities. Many Patriots served in multiple capacities. Statesmen and office holders

  5. 1776 in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies

    Rhode Island. South Carolina. Virginia. List of years in the United States by state or territory. v. t. e. In the first half of 1776, the Thirteen Colonies individually declared independence from the British Empire. On July 4, the Declaration of Independence marked the beginning of the United States .

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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United...

    t. e. 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.

  7. American Revolution - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution

    Politics portal. v. t. e. The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

  8. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration...

    t. e. The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who convened at ...

  9. Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_government_in_the...

    The thirteen colonies were all founded with royal authorization, and authority continued to flow from the monarch as colonial governments exercised authority in the king's name. [8] A colony's precise relationship to the Crown depended on whether it was a corporate colony , proprietary colony or royal colony as defined in its colonial charter .