Thirteen colonies

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The Thirteen colonies refers to the 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 to form the United States.

Contents 1 The Thirteen Colonies 2 Other British Colonies in North America in 1776 3 Information on British Colonies 3.1 References

The Thirteen Colonies

• New England:
  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
• The Middle Colonies:
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
• The Southern Colonies:
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia

Other British Colonies in North America in 1776

• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland
• Quebec
• East Florida
• West Florida

Information on British Colonies

• British colonization of the Americas

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "13 colonies http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_colonies September 18, 2003