Unification of the 13 colonies?

Question

To what extend would it be accurate to say that the New England, middle colonies and Southern colonies had merged to create a single American society by the outbreak of the revolution?

Answer 1

It wouldn't. The government was a confederation (more like the UN than the US), and New England and the South were very different societies--a problem that eventually led to the civil war. It was a few years after the revolutionary war that some of the colonies decided to join the new nation. Clearly they were unified for the purpose of ending British rule, and that is about it.

Answer 2

The Thirteen Colonies were British colonies in North America founded between 1607 (Virginia), and 1732 (Georgia). Although Great Britain held several other colonies in North America and the West Indies, the colonies referred to as the "thirteen" are those that rebelled against British rule in 1775 (August 22) and proclaimed their independence on July 4, 1776. They subsequently constituted the first 13 states of the United States of America.

So pretty acurate...there were some finanical motives behind it also, and that is why some were hesitant to merge.

Answer 3

The majority of people in the original thirteen colonies had English roots, so they had a common heritage and language.
The influx of large numbers of other European immigrants
came much later. Not everyone in the various colonies hated
England. I'd estimate that another common thread of the people in all colonies was was the desire to go their own
way without interference (or taxation) from distant lords.
Most didn't want interference from people in other colonies
or even parts of their own colony in some cases. I believe they were an independent minded lot which is a commonality.

Answer 4

Very little. Each colony was its own entity.

Jamaica wanted to join, but couldnt due to protection reasons (needed British military because of number of slaves vs. number of whites).

Some had to be convinced more than others.

There wasnt a unified 13 Colonies, there were many colonies and 13 of them decided to go against Parliament together since it could not be done alone.

Answer 5

Accurate enough, on paper. But at the time they were more united by a common enemy than common identity.