United Colonies
United Colonies of North-America (1775–1776) United Colonies (1776) United States of America (1776–1781) | |||||||||
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Thirteen Colonies of North America: Dark red = New England colonies. Bright red = Middle Atlantic colonies. Red-brown = Southern colonies. | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Philadelphia (de facto) | ||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||
| Government | Revolutionary confederation | ||||||||
| President of the Continental Congress | |||||||||
• 1775 | Peyton Randolph (first) | ||||||||
• 1779-1781 | Samuel Huntington (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Continental Congress | ||||||||
| Historical era | American Revolutionary War | ||||||||
| May 10, 1775 | |||||||||
| July 2, 1776 | |||||||||
| July 4, 1776 | |||||||||
| Currency | Continental currency | ||||||||
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The United Colonies of North-America 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. Continental currency banknotes displayed the name 'The United Colonies' from May 1775 until February 1777, and the name was being used to refer to the colonies as a whole before the Second Congress met.