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13 colonies

The 13 colonies were the thirteen British colonies in North America, separately chartered and governed, that signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and formally broke with the Kingdom of Great Britain, leading to the American Revolutionary War and the establishment of the United States of America.

Table of contents

1 The 13 Colonies 2 Other British colonies in North America and the Caribbean in 1776 3 See also 4 External links

The 13 Colonies

• New England:
  • Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut
  • Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine
  • Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire
  • Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island
• Middle Colonies:
  • Delaware Colony, later Delaware
  • Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
  • Province of New York, later New York and Vermont
  • Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
• Southern Colonies:
  • Province of Georgia, later Georgia
  • Province of Maryland, later Maryland
  • Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
  • Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
  • Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia

Other British colonies in North America and the Caribbean in 1776

• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland
• Prince Edward Island, originally Île Saint-Jean or St. John's Island
• Quebec
• Florida
• Jamaica
• Nevis
• St. Christopher
• Barbados
• Guyana
• British Honduras
• Cayman Islands
• Bermuda
• Bahamas
• West Indies

See also

• British colonization of the Americas
• Colonial government in America

External links

• British North American Colonies to 1783 - Military History & Institutions
• The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents

Colonial America - European colonization of the Americas - 13 Colonies

Connecticut Colony - Delaware Colony - Georgia Colony - Maryland Colony - Massachusetts Colony New Hampshire Colony - New York Colony - New Jersey Colony - North Carolina Colony Pennsylvania Colony - Rhode Island Colony - South Carolina Colony - Virginia Colony

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