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Bookmark or Share- Thirteen Colonies - WikipediaThe Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. In the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), they established their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain as the United States of America.
- The 13 Colonies: Map, Original States & Facts - HISTORYThe 13 colonies founded along the Eastern seaboard in the 17th and 18th centuries weren't the first colonial outposts on the American continent, but they are the ones where colonists...
- 13 Colonies List - Founding and Ratification - The History JunkieThis is a 13 Colonies list that details when each of the 13 colonies were founded and important people of the colony. It also lists ratification order.
- The Thirteen Colonies - Encyclopedia.comAlthough Great Britain held several other colonies in North America and the West Indies, the colonies referred to as the “thirteen” are those that rebelled against British rule in 1775 and proclaimed their independence on July 4, 1776.
- Colony - WikipediaA colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. [1][2] Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, the rule remains separate to the original country of the colonizers, the metropolitan state (or "mother country"), which together have often been organized as colonial empires, particularly with the development of modern imperialism and ...
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