title: American colonies (disambiguation)
text: # American colonies (disambiguation)
  
  American colonies may refer to:
  
  * American Colonies, a 2001 book by Alan Taylor
  * Thirteen Colonies, which became the United States of America in 1776
  * United Colonies, name of the United States used in 1775 until September 1776
  * European colonization of the Americas
  * American imperialism
  