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==The Thirteen Colonies== |
==The Thirteen Colonies== |
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Quebec |
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[[Image:13 colonies in 1775 (large).png|right|thumb|The 13 colonies in 1775.]] |
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California |
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Contemporaneous documents almost always listed the colonies in geographical order, roughly from north to south, as follows (the division into three regions is a later construct of historians, though [[New England]] was always considered to be a distinct region): |
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Prince Edward Island |
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* New England: |
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Canada |
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** [[Province of New Hampshire]], later [[New Hampshire]] |
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Brish Columbia |
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** [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]] |
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Hawaii |
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** [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], later [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] |
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** [[Connecticut Colony]], later [[Connecticut]] |
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* [[Middle Colonies]]: |
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** [[Province of New York]], later [[New York]] and [[Vermont]] |
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** [[Province of New Jersey]], later [[New Jersey]] |
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** [[Province of Pennsylvania]], later [[Pennsylvania]] |
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** [[Delaware Colony]] (before [[1776]], the ''Lower Counties on Delaware''), later [[Delaware]] |
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* [[Southern Colonies]]: |
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** [[Province of Maryland]], later [[Maryland]] |
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** [[Colony and Dominion of Virginia]], later [[Virginia]], [[Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia]] |
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** [[Province of North Carolina]], later [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] |
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** [[Province of South Carolina]], later [[South Carolina]] |
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** [[Province of Georgia]], later [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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Reference is sometimes seen to the [[Chesapeake]] Colonies, these being the Province of Maryland and the Colony and Dominion of Virginia; so called because they border the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. |
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==Proprietary, royal, and charter colonies== |
==Proprietary, royal, and charter colonies== |
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Revision as of 18:55, 8 March 2006
The Thirteen Colonies were the 13 British colonies in North America, separately chartered and governed, that rebelled, 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. Other British North American possessions—the former French colony of Quebec and the colonies of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as Canada. The colonies of East Florida and West Florida also remained loyal during the American Revolution.
The Thirteen Colonies
Quebec LA California New York Prince Edward Island Canada Brish Columbia Hawaii the moon
Proprietary, royal, and charter colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were established by one of three possible means.
- Proprietary colonies: Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. The British Crown gave a charter (document) and land to a private owner (proprietor) who would then govern the colony.
- Royal colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The British Crown retained sovereignity over the colony and governed it.
- Charter colonies: Rhode Island and Connecticut. The British Crown granted a charter (document) to a group of settlers, who would then govern the colony.
Other British colonies in North America and the Caribbean in 1776
Britain held several other colonies in North America and the Caribbean in 1776 which did not join the 13 in their Revolution against the Crown.
Future Canadian provinces
- Nova Scotia (including present day New Brunswick)
- Newfoundland
- Prince Edward Island (before 1798, Île Saint-Jean or St. John's Island)
- Lower Canada/Canada East - the Province of Quebec, which included present day Ontario, then as Upper Canada or Canada West)
Future American states
- East Florida (forming most of today's Florida)
- West Florida (which now forms parts of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida)
Future independent countries
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Jamaica
- Nevis, as part of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- St. Christopher, now Saint Kitts
Future British overseas territories
Other
Note that Guyana was a Dutch colony as of 1776; British Honduras had settlements, but was "unofficial" until some decades later.
See also
- British colonization of the Americas
- Colonial government in America
- History of the United States (1776-1789): Independence and the American Revolution
- Upper Canada
- Lower Canada
- Province of Canada
External links
- British North American Colonies to 1783 - Military History & Institutions
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents
