Thirteen American Colonies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Thirteen_American_Colonies

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area	about 360,000 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:New_France gptkb:Spanish_Florida
gptkbp:capital	none (each colony had its own capital)
gptkbp:consistsOf	gptkb:Connecticut_Colony gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony gptkb:Delaware_Colony gptkb:New_York_Colony gptkb:Rhode_Island_Colony gptkb:Virginia_Colony gptkb:Maryland_Colony gptkb:New_Hampshire_Colony gptkb:New_Jersey_Colony gptkb:North_Carolina_Colony gptkb:Pennsylvania_Colony gptkb:South_Carolina_Colony
gptkbp:currency	Pound sterling
gptkbp:existedDuring	1607
gptkbp:existedUntil	1776
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Grand_Union_Flag
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:British_monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Thirteen American Colonies
gptkbp:independenceDate	1776
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:laterBecame	gptkb:United_States_of_America
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Boston_Massacre gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party gptkb:First_Continental_Congress gptkb:Intolerable_Acts gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:Stamp_Act
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population	approximately 2.5 million (1775)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Anglicanism gptkb:Protestantism gptkb:Puritanism gptkb:Quakerism
gptkbp:represents	gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sons_of_Liberty
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4