13 colonies
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The 13 colonies refers to 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.

The Thirteen Colonies

• New England:
  • New Hampshire Colony, later New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts Colony, later Massachusetts and Maine
  • Rhode Island Colony, later Rhode Island
  • Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut
• The Middle Colonies:
  • New York Colony, later New York and Vermont
  • New Jersey Colony, later New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania Colony, later Pennsylvania
  • Delaware Colony, later Delaware
• The Southern Colonies:
  • Maryland Colony, later Maryland
  • Virginia Colony, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia
  • North Carolina Colony, later North Carolina and Tennessee
  • South Carolina Colony, later South Carolina
  • Georgia Colony, later Georgia

Other British Colonies in North America in 1776

• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland
• Quebec (first held by British 1763)
• East Florida (first held by British in 1762)
• West Florida (first held by British in 1762)

Information on British Colonies

• British colonization of the Americas
• Colonial America
• Colonial government in America

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_colonies.
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