United Colonies
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The United Colonies may mean:
- The United Colonies of New England or New England ConfederationNew England ConfederationThe United Colonies of New England, commonly known as the New England Confederation, was a short-lived military alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven. Established in 1643, its primary purpose was to unite the Puritan colonies against the Native...
, a 17th-century political and military alliance between the British New England - The United Colonies of North America (the Thirteen ColoniesThirteen ColoniesThe Thirteen Colonies were English and later British colonies established on the Atlantic coast of North America between 1607 and 1733. They declared their independence in the American Revolution and formed the United States of America...
that became the United States of America) - The United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British ColumbiaUnited Colonies of Vancouver Island and British ColumbiaThe Colony of British Columbia is a crown colony that resulted from the amalgamation of the two former colonies, the Colony of Vancouver Island and the mainland Colony of British Columbia...
, a 19th-century union between the British colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia