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|  [[File:BritishFlag1606.png|125px]] ||The ''Union Flag'', so named when James VI of Scotland was placed on the throne of England upon the death of [[Elizabeth I]] in 1603, which united both kingdoms; it was the flag flown over colonial America prior to the Revolution.  
 
|  [[File:BritishFlag1606.png|125px]] ||The ''Union Flag'', so named when James VI of Scotland was placed on the throne of England upon the death of [[Elizabeth I]] in 1603, which united both kingdoms; it was the flag flown over colonial America prior to the Revolution.  
 
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|  [[File:An_Appeal_to_Heaven_Flag.svg|125px]] ||The flag of ''Washington's Cruisers'' - the fleet of ships that comprised the Massachusetts Navy.  The Massachusetts Navy was the precursor to the [[United States Navy]].
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|  [[File:An_Appeal_to_Heaven_Flag.svg|125px]] ||The flag of ''Washington's Cruisers'', commonly known as the [[Pine Tree Flag]] - is the flag of the fleet of ships that comprised the Massachusetts Navy.  The Massachusetts Navy was the precursor to the [[United States Navy]].
 
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|  [[File:Striped Jack.png|125px]] ||This flag was flown by the [[Sons of Liberty]] during the [[Boston Tea Party]], earning the sobriquet ''Rebellious Stripes''; it may also have been ''"the striped jack"'' referred to in the letters of Commodore Esek Hopkins as one of the first flags of the Continental Navy during the [[American Revolution]]
 
|  [[File:Striped Jack.png|125px]] ||This flag was flown by the [[Sons of Liberty]] during the [[Boston Tea Party]], earning the sobriquet ''Rebellious Stripes''; it may also have been ''"the striped jack"'' referred to in the letters of Commodore Esek Hopkins as one of the first flags of the Continental Navy during the [[American Revolution]]
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