Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumazuva okutanga eAmerican Revolution, makoloni sechinhu chimwe chete ainyanya kunzi "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
akachinja zita renyika yacho zviri pamutemo kuti "United States of America".