Treize Colonies

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery	not before independence
gptkbp:capital	various (no single capital)
gptkbp:colonizedBy	gptkb:England
gptkbp:composedOf	gptkb:Connecticut gptkb:Delaware gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Maryland gptkb:Massachusetts gptkb:New_Hampshire gptkb:New_Jersey gptkb:New_York gptkb:North_Carolina gptkb:Pennsylvania gptkb:Rhode_Island gptkb:South_Carolina gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:currency	Pound sterling
gptkbp:existedDuring	1607
gptkbp:existedUntil	1776
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Grand_Union_Flag
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:governedBy	colonial assemblies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Treize Colonies
gptkbp:imposedTaxOn	gptkb:Tea_Act gptkb:Stamp_Act gptkb:Townshend_Acts
gptkbp:independenceDate	1776
gptkbp:laterBecame	gptkb:United_States_of_America
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity	agriculture fishing shipbuilding trade lumber slave labor
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population	approximately 2.5 million (1775)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Catholicism gptkb:Judaism gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pennsylvanie
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7