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What if the United States called itself the United Colonies, and every State called itself either a Colony or a Commonwealth? Despite this, the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the drafting, signing, and ratification of the Constitution, and the progress of the American Revolutionary War all go exactly the same as OTL. The only change, until the 1790s, is in the name of the new country.

How would this small, nominal change affect history from the 1790s onward?

Would this influence how the "United Colonies of America" perceives itself? Would the name be a more constant reminder of the country's British-colonized past? I imagine that it might affect the perception of the western territories in some way. Would those be called colonies? Charters?

Through the 19th century, would the United Colonies of America be simultaneously more Anglophile and also more pro-immigration than the OTL United States of America?
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