What are the 13 Colonies, and do you know any facts about the 13 colonies?

Question

Please give some historical background.

Answer 1

colony call (12 months based/seized via English settlers) based via one million-Virginia (1607) London business enterprise 2-Massachusetts (1620) Puritans 3-New Hampshire (1623) John Wheelwright 4-Maryland (1634) Lord Baltimore 5-Connecticut (1635) Thomas Hooker 6-Rhode Island (1636) Roger Williams 7-Delaware (1638) Peter Minuit and New Sweden business enterprise 8-North Carolina (1653) Virginians 9-South Carolina (1663) 8 Nobles with a Royal shape from Charles II 10-New Jersey (1664) Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret 11-long island (1664) Duke of York 12-Pennsylvania (1682) William Penn 13-Georgia (1732) James Edward Oglethorpe Alot of people seems to have alot of diverse solutions yet make effective those dates tournament up while the English settlers took over the colony from different worldwide places, case in point - long island 1624 based as New Netherland via the Dutch West India business enterprise and alter into seized via the English in 1664 and renamed long island after the Duke of York which makes it an American (English) colony in 1664 not 1624. Do your homework peoples, solid success i'm hoping this allow you to i be attentive to i'm a nerd. nerds rule

Answer 2

The Thirteen Colonies were thirteen British colonies in North America, separately chartered and governed, that rebelled against the crown and signed a Declaration of Independence in 1776 to become independent sovereign states, thereby establishing the seed for the United States of America.

the 13 colonies are........

New England:
Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire
Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island
Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut.

Middle Colonies:
Province of New York, later New York and Vermont
Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware

Cheasapeake Colonies (considered Southern Colonies in most texts):
Province of Maryland, later Maryland
Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia

Southern Colonies:
Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
Province of Georgia, later Georgia

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Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies
Some maps: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/historical.html

Otherwise, run a search on the net and you'll find plenty of info.

Answer 4

google

Answer 5

i hope this website helps you