List of sovereign states in the 1770s explained

Sovereign states

A

• 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
• – Asante Union
• Assam – Kingdom of Assam
• Atjeh – Aceh Sultanate
• Austria – Archduchy of Austria

B

• Baden – Margraviate of Baden
• Bailundo – Kingdom of Bailundo (to 1770)
• – Kingdom of Bali
• Bamana – Bamana Empire
• Banten – Sultanate of Banten
• Bavaria – Duchy of Bavaria
• – Benin Empire
• Bhonsle – Kingdom of Bhonsle
• Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
• Bornu – Bornu Empire
• Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
• – 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

• – Ethiopian Empire

F

• – Kingdom of France

G

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

H

• – 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
• – 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 Empire
• Mataram – Mataram Sultanate
• Mecklenburg – Duchy of Mecklenburg
• Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
• Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
• – 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

• Najd – Sultanate of Najd
• Nepal – Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal
• – 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
• – 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 Kingdom of Portugal – 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
• – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S

• Salzburg – Archbishopric of Salzburg
• Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
• San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
• – Kingdom of Sardinia
• – Electorate of Saxony
• Sennar – Funj sultanate of Sennar
• – 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 Colonies (from July 4, 1776, to September 9, 1776)^{[1] [2] [3]}
• United States (from September 9, 1776)^{[1] [4] [5] [6] [3]}

V

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

W

• Waalo – Kingdom of Waalo
• – 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

States claiming sovereignty

• Goust – Republic of Goust

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCC Staff. September 9, 2019. On this day, the name 'United States of America' becomes official. National Constitution Center. National Constitution Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909132044/https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/it-was-239-years-ago-today-the-name-united-states-of-america-becomes-offici. September 9, 2017. 2017-09-09.
2. Web site: Lee Resolution presented to Continental Congress. July 27, 2019. HISTORY. December 18, 2019.
3. Web site: September 9, 1776 – The Second Continental Congress Made the Term "United States" Official Replacing "United Colonies" | Legal Legacy . March 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210316170705/https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2020/09/09/september-9-1776-the-second-continental-congress-made-the-term-united-states-official-replacing-united-colonies/ . 16 March 2021 . dead.
4. Web site: The United States Was Called The United Colonies Until Sept. 9, 1776. September 10, 2015.
5. Web site: Founders Online: [Monday September 9, 1776.]]. founders.archives.gov.
6. Web site: John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 . February 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227074723/http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=A1_43 . 27 February 2014 . dead.