Thirteen Colonies

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"The Thirteen Colonies" was a historical region comprised of the thirteen  British colonies in North America. Its borders ranged from the present-day Canadian province of Quebec to the present-day state of Georgia.

See Colonial America for the history.

Map of the British Colonies between 1755 and 1760 Full Size Image

List of historical colonies (in alphabetical order):

* Connecticut Colony (later Connecticut)
* Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware, and later Delaware)
* Province of Georgia (later Georgia)
* Province of Maryland (later Maryland)
* Province of Massachusetts Bay (later Massachusetts and Maine)
* Province of New Hampshire (later New Hampshire)
* Province of New Jersey (later New Jersey)
* Province of New York (later New York and Vermont)
* Province of North Carolina (later North Carolina (U.S. state) and Tennessee)
* Province of Pennsylvania (later Pennsylvania)
* Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (later Rhode Island)
* Province of South Carolina (later South Carolina)
* Colony and Dominion of Virginia (later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia)