United States (during Revolutionary War)

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The United States during the Revolutionary War was the coalition of rebelling American colonies that fought for and ultimately secured independence from Great Britain, forming a new sovereign nation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent in war ⓘ
former British colony ⓘ
nascent sovereign state ⓘ
revolutionary polity ⓘ
adoptedArticlesOfConfederation 1777 ⓘ
airForce none ⓘ
alliedWith Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American colonies in rebellion ⓘ
Thirteen United States ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
capital Annapolis, Maryland ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
York, Pennsylvania ⓘ
commanderInChiefOfForces George Washington ⓘ
declaredIndependenceOn 1776-07-04 ⓘ
diplomat Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
diplomaticMission American mission to France ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
foughtAgainst Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
hadSlavery yes ⓘ
hasConstituentEntity Connecticut ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment confederation ⓘ
republic ⓘ
hasFoundingDocument Declaration of Independence ⓘ
hasNumberOfConstituentColonies 13 ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Congress ⓘ
ideologicalBasis classical liberalism ⓘ
natural rights philosophy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
includedFreeStateGradualEmancipation Pennsylvania ⓘ
includedSlaveStates Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
issuedDocument Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms ⓘ
Olive Branch Petition ⓘ
legalFramework Articles of Confederation ⓘ
legislativeBody Continental Congress ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
majorBattleTheater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
majorVictory Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Saratoga

Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
militaryForce Continental Army ⓘ
state militias ⓘ
navalForce Continental Navy ⓘ
partOfConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
politicalLeader Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Hancock ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
populationApproximate 2.5 million ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
ratifiedArticlesOfConfederation 1781 ⓘ
recognitionTreaty Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
recognizedBy France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
religiousComposition predominantly Protestant Christianity ⓘ
resultOfWar international recognition as an independent state ⓘ
loss of British imperial rule ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ
startTime 1775 ⓘ
successor United States under the Constitution of 1787 ⓘ
sufferedEconomicIssue hyperinflation of Continental currency ⓘ
taxationGrievance taxation without representation ⓘ
territoryIncludes Atlantic seaboard from New Hampshire to Georgia ⓘ
claims to lands west to the Mississippi River ⓘ
usedCurrency Continental dollar ⓘ
state-issued paper money ⓘ
warAim independence from Great Britain ⓘ
self-governance ⓘ

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

New Jersey militia → allegiance → United States (during Revolutionary War) ⓘ
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → countryOfOrigin → United States (historical context) ⓘ
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Battle of Fishing Creek → belligerent → United States (Patriot forces) ⓘ
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British capture of Augusta (1779) → combatant → United States (Patriot forces) ⓘ
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Fort Lee (Revolutionary War fort) → controlledBy → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
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Continental Congress financial administration → appliesToJurisdiction → United States (during the American Revolution) ⓘ
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Green Mountain Boys → allegiance → United States (during the Revolution) ⓘ
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Vermont militia → allegiance → United States (patriot cause) ⓘ
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David Poe Sr. → allegiance → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
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Continental Army general staff → appliesToJurisdiction → United States in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
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William Ledyard → allegiance → United States (Patriot cause) ⓘ
subject linked to: Colonel William Ledyard
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Elijah Churchill → allegiance → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
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Daniel Bissell Jr. → militaryAllegiance → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
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Hancock (Continental Navy frigate) → allegiance → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
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Middlesex County militia → allegiance → United States (Patriot cause) ⓘ
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Elijah Churchill → allegiance → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
subject linked to: Sergeant Elijah Churchill
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Cumberland County militia → allegiance → United States (Continental Congress) ⓘ
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Pennsylvania Navy → allegiance → United States (patriot cause) ⓘ
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Battle of Sumter’s Defeat → belligerent → United States (Patriot forces) ⓘ
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Memoirs of the American Revolution → setting → American colonies during the Revolutionary War ⓘ
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John Evans → affiliation → United States (founding era) ⓘ
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Isaac Touro → countryOfResidence → United States (colonial America) ⓘ
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Mangas Coloradas → associatedWithCountry → United States (historical context) ⓘ
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Wilkes County Regiment of the North Carolina militia → allegiance → United States (Continental cause) ⓘ
linked to: United States (during Revolutionary War)
Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Forces → allegiance → United States (Continental cause) ⓘ
linked to: United States (during Revolutionary War)
Continental forces of the American Revolution → country → United States (Thirteen Colonies / United States in formation) ⓘ
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Nathaniel Scudder → militaryAllegiance → United States (Continental forces) ⓘ
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Battle of Blue Licks → belligerentSide → United States (Patriot militia) ⓘ
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