List of sovereign states in the 1770s
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Sovereign states
[edit]A
[edit]- Adal – Adal Sultanate
- Algiers – Sultanate of Algiers
- Alipura – Alipura
- Andorra – Principality of Andorra
- Anhalt – Principality of Anhalt
- Annam – Empire of Annam
- Ansbach – Principality of Ansbach
- Arakan – Kingdom of Arakan
- Ashanti – Asante Union
- Assam – Kingdom of Assam
- Atjeh – Aceh Sultanate
- Austria – Archduchy of Austria
B
[edit]- Baden – Margraviate of Baden
- Bailundo – Kingdom of Bailundo (to 1770)
- Bali – Kingdom of Bali
- Bamana – Bamana Empire
- Banten – Sultanate of Banten
- Bavaria – Duchy of Bavaria
- Benin – Benin Empire
- Bhonsle – Kingdom of Bhonsle
- Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
- Bornu – Bornu Empire
- Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
- Brunswick – Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Bukhara – Khanate of Bukhara
- Burma – Kingdom of Burma
C
[edit]- Carnatic – Kingdom of Carnatic
- Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor
- Champa – Kingdom of Champa
- Champasak – Kingdom of Champasak
- China – Great Qing Empire
- Cologne – Electorate of Cologne
- Comancheria – Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ
- Cospaia – Republic of Cospaia
- Crimea – Crimean Khanate
D
[edit]- Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
- Denmark–Norway – United Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway
- Durrani – Durrani Empire
E
[edit]- Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
F
[edit]- France – Kingdom of France
G
[edit]- Gakhar – Kingdom of Gakhar
- Garo – Kingdom of Garo
- Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
- Genoa – Republic of Genoa
H
[edit]- Hamburg – Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Hanover – Electorate of Hanover
- Hausa – Hausa Tribe
- Hedjaz – Sultanate of Hedjaz
- Hesse – Landgraviate of Hesse
- Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
- Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
- Hyderābād – Princely state of the British Raj
I
[edit]J
[edit]- Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
- Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
- Johor – Johor Sultanate
- Jolof – Jolof Empire
K
[edit]- Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
- Kanem Bornu – Kanem Bornu Empire
- Kazakh – Kazakh Khanate
- Khiva – Khanate of Khiva
- Khmer – Srok Khmer
- Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
- Knights Hospitaller – Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta
- Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
- Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon
- Koya – Kingdom of Koya
- Kuba – Kuba Kingdom
- Kurland – Duchy of Kurland
L
[edit]- Liège – Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Loango – Kingdom of Loango
- Luang Prabang – Kingdom of Luang Prabang
M
[edit]- Madurai – Kingdom of Madurai
- Maharashtra – Kingdom of Maharashtra
- Mainz – Archbishopric of Mainz
- Malacca – Sultanate of Malacca
- Malta – Order of Saint John
- Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
- Maratha – Maratha Empire
- Mataram – Mataram Sultanate
- Mecklenburg – Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
- Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia
- Monaco – Principality of Monaco
- Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
- Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
- Mrauk U – Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Mughal Empire – Mughal Empire
- Mutapa – Empire of Mutapa
- Mysore – Kingdom of Mysore
N
[edit]- Najd – Sultanate of Najd
- Nepal – Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal
- Netherlands – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
- Ngoyo – Kingdom of Ngoyo
O
[edit]- Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
- Oudh – Kingdom of Oudh
- Oyo – Oyo Empire
P
[edit]- Electorate of the Palatinate
- Papal States – States of the Church
- Parma – Duchy of Parma
- Persia – Persian Empire
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Portugal
- Kingdom of Portugal (to 1777)
- Kingdom of Portugal (from 1777)
- Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
- Punjab – Punjabi Empire
R
[edit]- Ragusa – Republic of Ragusa
- Rajputana – Kingdom of Rajputana
- Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
- Rozwi – Rozwi Empire
- Russia – Russian Empire
- Ryūkyū – Kingdom of Ryūkyū
S
[edit]- Salzburg – Archbishopric of Salzburg
- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
- San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
- Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia
- Saxony – Electorate of Saxony
- Sennar – Funj sultanate of Sennar
- Sharjah – Emirate of Sharjah
- Shaybanid – Khanate of Shaybanid
- Sicily – Kingdom of Sicily
- Sikh – Sikh Confederacy
- Sind – Sultanate of Sind
- Spain – Kingdom of Spain
- Sulu – Sulu Sultanate
- Swahili – Swahili Tribe
- Sweden
- Sweden (to August 19, 1772)
- Kingdom of Sweden (from August 17, 1772)
- Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
T
[edit]- Teutonic Knights – Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem
- Taungu – Kingdom of Taungu
- Thonburi – Kingdom of Thonburi
- Tirol – County of Tirol
- Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
- Tonkin – Empire of Tonkin
- Travancore – Kingdom of Travancore
- Trier – Archbishopric of Trier
- Tripoli – Sultanate of Tripoli
- Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany
U
[edit]- United Colonies (from July 4, 1776, to September 9, 1776)[1][2][3][4][5]
- United States (from September 9, 1776)[3][6][7][8][5]
V
[edit]W
[edit]- Waalo – Kingdom of Waalo
- Wallachia – Principality of Wallachia
- Württemberg – Duchy of Württemberg
- Würzburg – Bishopric of Würzburg
Y
[edit]- Yemen – Kingdom of Yemen
Non-sovereign territories
[edit]Great Britain
[edit]- British America – British America and the British West Indies
Netherlands
[edit]- Dutch Cape Colony – Cape Colony
States claiming sovereignty
[edit]- Goust – Republic of Goust
References
[edit]- ^ Aitken, R. (1777). "I". Journals of Congress. Philadelphia. pp. 143–8.
A Declaration by the Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms.
- ^ Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America (July 6, 1775). "A Declaration by the Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms". Philadelphia. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018.
A Declaration by the Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms.
- ^ Jump up to: a b NCC Staff (September 9, 2019). "On this day, the name 'United States of America' becomes official". National Constitution Center. National Constitution Center. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words 'United Colonies' have been used, the stile be altered for the future to the 'United States.'
- ^ "Lee Resolution presented to Continental Congress". HISTORY. July 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
'That these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; that measures should be immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powers, and a Confederation be formed to bind the colonies more closely together.'
- ^ Jump up to: a b "September 9, 1776 – The Second Continental Congress Made the Term 'United States' Official Replacing 'United Colonies'". Legal Legacy. WordPress. March 16, 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021.
That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words 'United Colonies' have been used, the stile be altered for the future to the 'United States.'
- ^ Smith, Michael Lane (September 10, 2015). "The United States Was Called The United Colonies Until Sept. 9, 1776". Task and Purpose. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where heretofore the Words, 'United Colonies,' have been used, the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.
- ^ "Founders Online: [Monday September 9, 1776.]". founders.archives.gov.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where heretofore the Words, 'United Colonies,' have been used, the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.
- ^ "John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776". February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where heretofore the Words, 'United Colonies,' have been used, the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.