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title: "When what we know of today as the United States first came into existence, it was not independent. Instead,    Did it consist of 13 colonies, ruled by which country?"  
description: "When what we know of today as the United States first came into existence, it was not independent. Instead,    Did it consist of 13 colonies, ruled by which country?"  
author: "MARY  ANN"  
published: 2018-01-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32957/when-what-we-know-of-today-as-the-united-states-first-came-into-existence-it-was-not-independent-instead-did-it-consist-of-13-colonies-ruled-by-which-country  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["united states of america(usa)", "history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  When what we know of today as the United States first came into existence, it was not independent. Instead,    Did it consist of 13 colonies, ruled by which country?

When what we know of today as the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51262/the-kellogg-briand-pact-represented-the-desire-of-the-united-states-and-european-nations-to-follow-which-policy) first [came into existence](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37903/chhattisgarh-came-into-existence-on-which-year), it was not independent. Instead,

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