Thirteen Colonies
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The Thirteen Colonies were established by Great Britain on the Atlantic coast of North America between 1607 and 1733. In 1776 they declared their independence and formed the United States of America. They extended from what is now Maine (then part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay) in the north to Georgia in the south. The colonies were: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. Each colony developed its own system of self government.
Other British colonies in the British West Indies and Canada remained loyal to the crown throughout the war, although there was a degree of sympathy with the Patriot cause in several of them. However, their geographical isolation and the dominance of British naval power precluded any effective participation.
See also
- Atlantic history
- British colonization of the Americas
- Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies
- Colonial history of the United States
- Colonial American military history
- Colonial America
- Economic history of the United States#Colonial era
- History of religion in the United States
- Historic regions of the United States
- Disease in colonial America
- New Sweden
- New Netherland
