United Colonies of America

This was still further shown two days later, when Congress in the name of the "United Colonies of America" assumed the direction of the rustic army of New England men engaged in the siege of Boston.

The War of Independence John Fiske 1871

Leagues were formed for common defense, and before the Declaration of Independence, we were known in our aggregate character as the United Colonies of America.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Was the Declaration of Independence an Example of Secession, Revolution, or Both? 2009

In New York, after the colonial assembly “at the risque of our lives and fortunes” gave its assent on July 9, Washington had the army brigades drawn up at six P.M. to hear “the United Colonies of America” declared “Free and Independent States.”

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

In New York, after the colonial assembly “at the risque of our lives and fortunes” gave its assent on July 9, Washington had the army brigades drawn up at six P.M. to hear “the United Colonies of America” declared “Free and Independent States.”

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

Thus stood matters when on June 21, David Matthews, Mayor of New York, was “charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America” by a committee of the Provincial Congress; Washington was authorized and requested to apprehend and secure the Mayor and all his papers.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Thus stood matters when on June 21, David Matthews, Mayor of New York, was “charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America” by a committee of the Provincial Congress; Washington was authorized and requested to apprehend and secure the Mayor and all his papers.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Thus stood matters when on June 21, David Matthews, Mayor of New York, was “charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America” by a committee of the Provincial Congress; Washington was authorized and requested to apprehend and secure the Mayor and all his papers.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Thus stood matters when on June 21, David Matthews, Mayor of New York, was “charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America” by a committee of the Provincial Congress; Washington was authorized and requested to apprehend and secure the Mayor and all his papers.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The Congress reassembled, declared the States they represented "The United Colonies of America," and undertook the work of government.

History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) Modern England, 1760-1815 John Richard Green 1860

From whatever cause the silence has happened, it has greatly prejudiced the affairs of the United Colonies of America; and so far as the success of our cause depended on the friendship and aid of powers on this side the globe, it has occasioned the greatest hazard and danger, and thrown me into a state of anxiety and perplexity, which no words can express.

The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Jared Sparks 1827