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List of sovereign states in the 1770s

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Sovereign states

A

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

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

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

Dendi – Dendi Kingdom
Denmark–Norway – United Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway
Durrani – Durrani Empire

E

Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire

F

France – Kingdom of France

G

Gakhar – Kingdom of Gakhar
Garo – Kingdom of Garo
Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Genoa – Republic of Genoa

H

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

Ijebu – Kingdom of Ijebu
Ireland – Kingdom of Ireland

J

Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
Johor – Johor Sultanate
Jolof – Jolof Empire

K

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

Liège – Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Loango – Kingdom of Loango
Luang Prabang – Kingdom of Luang Prabang

M

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

Narjan – Principality of Najran
Nepal – Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
Ngoyo – Kingdom of Ngoyo

O

Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State
Oudh – Kingdom of Oudh
Oyo – Oyo Empire

P

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

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

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

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

→ United States

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

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

W

Waalo – Kingdom of Waalo
Wallachia – Principality of Wallachia
Württemberg – Duchy of Württemberg
Würzburg – Bishopric of Würzburg

Y

Yemen – Kingdom of Yemen

Non-sovereign territories

Great Britain

British America – British America and the British West Indies

Netherlands

Dutch Cape Colony – Cape Colony

References

[1]
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.
[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.
[3]
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.'
[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]
"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.
[8]
"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.

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