Ka kammala wannan magana: A farkon zamanin juyin juya halin Amurka, ana kiran yankuna a matsayin rukuni a matsayin "United Colonies". Alal misali, Richard Henry Lee, shugaban Majalisar Ƙasa, ya rubuta a ƙudurin da ya yi a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1776, cewa: "Waɗannan Ƙasashen da ke Ƙasar Amirka, suna da 'yanci kuma ya kamata su kasance da 'yanci". Kafin 1776, sunaye ga yankuna sun bambanta sosai; sun hada da "Twelve United English Colonies of North America", "United Colonies of North America", da sauransu. A ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1776, da
Majalisa ta biyu ta Continental Congress ta canza sunan al'ummar zuwa "Amurka ta Amurka".