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)