List of sovereign states in the 1770s

Sovereign states

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  •   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
  •   France – Kingdom of France
  •  Gakhar – Kingdom of Gakhar
  •  Garo – Kingdom of Garo
  •   Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
  •   Genoa – Republic of Genoa
  •   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
  •  Ijebu – Kingdom of Ijebu
  •   Ireland – Kingdom of Ireland
  •  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
  •   Najd – Sultanate of Najd
  •   Nepal – Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal
  •   Netherlands – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
  •  Ngoyo – Kingdom of Ngoyo
  •   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

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  •   Venice – Most Serene Republic of Venice
  •  Vientiane – Kingdom of Vientiane
  •   Yemen – Kingdom of Yemen

Non-sovereign territories

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Great Britain

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Netherlands

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States claiming sovereignty

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  •  Goust – Republic of Goust

References

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  2. ^ 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.
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  4. ^ "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.'
  5. ^ 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.'
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
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