The United Colonies may mean:
- The United Colonies of New England or New England Confederation, a 17th-century political and military alliance between the British New England
- The United Colonies of North America (the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America)
- The United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, a 19th-century union between the British colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
Famous quotes containing the words united and/or colonies:
“God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden is all but intolerable, and the things that I have to do are just as much as the human spirit can carry.”
—Woodrow Wilson (18561924)
“All Protestantism, even the most cold and passive, is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion.”
—Edmund Burke (17291797)
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