Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumazuva okutanga eRevolution yeAmerica, nyika dzacho dzose pamwe chete dzaiwanzonzi "United Colonies". Somuenzaniso, purezidhendi weContinental Congress Richard Henry Lee akanyora muchisarudzo chaJune 7, 1776, kuti: "Aya maUnited Colonies, uye nokururama, anofanira kuva, Nyika dzakasununguka nedzakazvimirira". Pamberi pa 1776, mazita emakoloni akanga achisiyana-siyana zvikuru; aisanganisira "Makoloni gumi nemaviri akabatana echiNgezi eNorth America", "United Colonies of North America", uye vamwe. Musi waSeptember 9, 1776,
Second Continental Congress yakashandura zita renyika zviri pamutemo kuti "United States of America".