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  2. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Besides the grouping that became known as the "thirteen colonies", [105] Britain in the late-18th century had another dozen colonial possessions in the New World surrounding the 13 colonies. The British West Indies, Newfoundland, the Province of Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Bermuda, and East and West Florida remained loyal to the ...

  3. Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The thirteen colonies (shown in red) in 1775. The governments of the Thirteen Colonies of British America developed in the 17th and 18th centuries under the influence of the British constitution. The British monarch issued colonial charters that established either royal colonies, proprietary colonies, or corporate colonies.

  4. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    According to historian Alan Taylor, the population of the Thirteen Colonies (the British North American colonies which would eventually form the United States) stood at 1.5 million in 1750. [70] More than ninety percent of the colonists lived as farmers, though cities like Philadelphia, New York, and Boston flourished. [71]

  5. British North America colonies - Wikipedia

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    British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America.

  6. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - Wikipedia

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    On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first of the 13 colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, [17] and it was the fourth to ratify the Articles of Confederation among the newly sovereign states on February 9, 1778. [18]

  7. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In removing a major foreign threat to the thirteen colonies, the war also largely removed the colonists' need of colonial protection. The British and colonists triumphed jointly over a common foe. The colonists' loyalty to the mother country was stronger than ever before. However, disunity was beginning to form.

  8. 13 Historic Homes From the 13 Original Colonies

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  9. 1776 in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    [13] Fort Salonga is built in Fort Salonga, New York. Peter Van Brugh Livingston is appointed by the New York Provincial Congress as the first New York State Treasurer. [14] Brunswick Town, North Carolina is attacked by British soldiers of the Royal Navy ship Cruizer and burns most of the town including St. Philip's Church. [15] [16]