The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Congress" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> officially names its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_union" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Political union">union</a> of states the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States">United States</a>.