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ruled the orange. The red area is the area of the 13 colonies open to settlement after the Proclamation of 1763.

The Thirteen Colonies were British Empire colonies in North America founded between 1607 (Virginia Colony), and 1733 (Georgia Colony). Although Great Britain held several other colonies in North America and the West Indies, the colonies referred to as the "thirteen" are those that American Revolution in 1775 and proclaimed their independence on Independence Day (United States). They subsequently constituted the first thirteen U.S. state of the United States.

The Colonies Contemporaneous documents usually listed the colonies of British North America in geographical order, from north to south.

• 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 named to New York and VermontThe present State of Vermont was disputed between the colonies of New York and New Hampshire. From 1777 to 1791, it existed as the de facto independent Vermont Republic.
• Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
• Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
• Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware
• Southern Colonies (depending on the subject under discussion, Virginia and Maryland may be separated as the Chesapeake Colonies)
• Province of Maryland, later Maryland
• Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia
• Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
• Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
• Province of Georgia, later Georgia (U.S. state)

Other divisions prior to 1730 Dominion of New England Created by James II of England with the consolidation of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, East Jersey, and West Jersey into a single larger colony in 1685. The experiment was discontinued with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, and the nine former colonies re-established their separate identities in 1689.Province of Maine Settled in 1622. (An earlier attempt to settle the Popham Colony on Sagadahoc Island, Maine in 1607 was abandoned after only one year.) Massachusetts Bay colony encroached into Maine during the English Civil War, but, with the English Restoration, autonomy was returned to Maine in 1664. Maine was officially merged into Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.Plymouth Colony Settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims. Plymouth was absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.New Haven Colony Settled in late 1637. New Haven was absorbed by Connecticut Colony with the issuance of the Connecticut Charter in 1662, partly as royal punishment by King Charles II for harboring the regicide judges who sentenced King Charles I to death.East Jersey and West Jersey New Jersey was divided into two separate colonies in 1674. The Jerseys were reunited in 1702.Province of Carolina Founded in 1663. Carolina colony was divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1712. Both colonies became royal colonies in 1729.

See also

• British North America
• Colonial America
• Colonial government in America
• History of the United States %281776-1789%29#Declaration_of_Independence
• American Revolution
• History of the United States
• British colonization of the Americas

Notes

References

• Cooke, Jacob Ernest et al., ed. Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Scribner's, 1993. 3 vol; 2397 pp.
• Gipson, Lawrence. The British Empire Before the American Revolution (15 volumes) (1936-1970), Pulitzer Prize; highly detailed discussion of every British colony in the New World
• Greene, Evarts Boutelle. Provincial America, 1690-1740. 1905. online
• Herbert L. Osgood The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. 4 vol Columbia University Press, 1904-07. online
• Vickers, Daniel, ed. A Companion to Colonial America. Blackwell, 2003. 576 pp.

ruled the orange. The red area is the area of the 13 colonies open to settlement after the Proclamation of 1763.

The Thirteen Colonies were British Empire colonies in North America founded between 1607 (Virginia Colony), and 1733 (Georgia Colony). Although Great Britain held several other colonies in North America and the West Indies, the colonies referred to as the "thirteen" are those that American Revolution in 1775 and proclaimed their independence on Independence Day (United States). They subsequently constituted the first thirteen U.S. state of the United States.

The Colonies Contemporaneous documents usually listed the colonies of British North America in geographical order, from north to south.

• 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 named to New York and VermontThe present State of Vermont was disputed between the colonies of New York and New Hampshire. From 1777 to 1791, it existed as the de facto independent Vermont Republic.
• Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
• Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
• Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware
• Southern Colonies (depending on the subject under discussion, Virginia and Maryland may be separated as the Chesapeake Colonies)
• Province of Maryland, later Maryland
• Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia
• Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
• Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
• Province of Georgia, later Georgia (U.S. state)

Other divisions prior to 1730 Dominion of New England Created by James II of England with the consolidation of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, East Jersey, and West Jersey into a single larger colony in 1685. The experiment was discontinued with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, and the nine former colonies re-established their separate identities in 1689.Province of Maine Settled in 1622. (An earlier attempt to settle the Popham Colony on Sagadahoc Island, Maine in 1607 was abandoned after only one year.) Massachusetts Bay colony encroached into Maine during the English Civil War, but, with the English Restoration, autonomy was returned to Maine in 1664. Maine was officially merged into Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.Plymouth Colony Settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims. Plymouth was absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.New Haven Colony Settled in late 1637. New Haven was absorbed by Connecticut Colony with the issuance of the Connecticut Charter in 1662, partly as royal punishment by King Charles II for harboring the regicide judges who sentenced King Charles I to death.East Jersey and West Jersey New Jersey was divided into two separate colonies in 1674. The Jerseys were reunited in 1702.Province of Carolina Founded in 1663. Carolina colony was divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1712. Both colonies became royal colonies in 1729.

See also

• British North America
• Colonial America
• Colonial government in America
• History of the United States %281776-1789%29#Declaration_of_Independence
• American Revolution
• History of the United States
• British colonization of the Americas

Notes

References

• Cooke, Jacob Ernest et al., ed. Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Scribner's, 1993. 3 vol; 2397 pp.
• Gipson, Lawrence. The British Empire Before the American Revolution (15 volumes) (1936-1970), Pulitzer Prize; highly detailed discussion of every British colony in the New World
• Greene, Evarts Boutelle. Provincial America, 1690-1740. 1905. online
• Herbert L. Osgood The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. 4 vol Columbia University Press, 1904-07. online
• Vickers, Daniel, ed. A Companion to Colonial America. Blackwell, 2003. 576 pp.

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