Founding of the United States

All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
American Founding Era	8
Founding of the United States canonical	5
Founding era of the United States	3
Founding Era of the United States	2
Independence of the United States	2
American Founding era	1
American independence	1
History of the United States (1776–1789)	1
United States Founding era	1
United States founding era	1
United States independence movement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6533165 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Founding of the United States
Context triple: [British Americans, hasHistoricalRoleIn, Founding of the United States]

A. Early Republic of the United States
The Early Republic of the United States was the formative period from the 1790s to the 1820s when the new nation established its political institutions, financial system, and party politics under the Constitution following the American Revolution.
B. The American Republic
The American Republic is a 19th-century political and philosophical treatise by Orestes Brownson that analyzes the principles, foundations, and distinctive character of the United States’ constitutional system.
C. Confederation period
The Confederation period was the era in early United States history (1781–1789) when the nation was governed under the Articles of Confederation, marked by a weak central government and significant challenges that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
D. An American Revolution
"An American Revolution" was a major Chevrolet advertising campaign slogan that emphasized innovation and patriotic themes in promoting the brand’s vehicles in the United States.
E. Union of the American states
The Union of the American states refers to the collective political entity formed by the U.S. states united under a single federal government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Founding of the United States
Target entity description: The Founding of the United States was the late-18th-century process by which the American colonies declared independence from Britain, fought the Revolutionary War, and established a new constitutional republic.

A. Early Republic of the United States
The Early Republic of the United States was the formative period from the 1790s to the 1820s when the new nation established its political institutions, financial system, and party politics under the Constitution following the American Revolution.
B. The American Republic
The American Republic is a 19th-century political and philosophical treatise by Orestes Brownson that analyzes the principles, foundations, and distinctive character of the United States’ constitutional system.
C. Confederation period
The Confederation period was the era in early United States history (1781–1789) when the nation was governed under the Articles of Confederation, marked by a weak central government and significant challenges that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
D. An American Revolution
"An American Revolution" was a major Chevrolet advertising campaign slogan that emphasized innovation and patriotic themes in promoting the brand’s vehicles in the United States.
E. Union of the American states
The Union of the American states refers to the collective political entity formed by the U.S. states united under a single federal government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political process ⓘ
cause	American colonial resistance to British taxation ⓘ Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ desire for self-government ⓘ lack of colonial representation in the British Parliament ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor	French and Indian War ⓘ linked to: French and Indian War (as part of British America)
countryCreated	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1789 ⓘ 1791 ⓘ
followedBy	Early national period of the United States ⓘ Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
hasPart	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ American Revolutionary era ⓘ Articles of Confederation ⓘ Bill of Rights ⓘ Confederation period ⓘ Constitutional Convention ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
hasTheme	checks and balances ⓘ federalism ⓘ individual rights ⓘ limited government ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ republicanism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
influencedBy	English Bill of Rights ⓘ John Locke ⓘ Montesquieu ⓘ classical republicanism ⓘ
location	British America ⓘ North America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opponent	King George III ⓘ linked to: George III of the United Kingdom Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
participant	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Benjamin Franklin ⓘ George Washington ⓘ James Madison ⓘ John Adams ⓘ John Jay ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
result	creation of a federal republic ⓘ creation of a presidential system of government ⓘ creation of a separation of powers system ⓘ establishment of a written constitution ⓘ independence of the United States from Great Britain ⓘ recognition of the United States by European powers ⓘ
significantEvent	Annapolis Convention ⓘ linked to: Annapolis Convention of 1786 Battle of Lexington and Concord ⓘ linked to: Battles of Lexington and Concord Declaration of Independence ⓘ linked to: American Declaration of Independence Philadelphia Convention ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ Treaty of Paris 1783 ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Paris (1783) ratification of the Bill of Rights ⓘ ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
startTime	1765 ⓘ 1775 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Americans → hasHistoricalRoleIn → Founding of the United States ⓘ

subject linked to: British American

revolutionary government of New Jersey → partOf → United States independence movement ⓘ