Thirteen Colonies
Original British settlements
The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies along North America's Atlantic coast that declared independence in 1776 and became the United States.
From north to south: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The term appears in discussions of American origins: The Thirteen Colonies united against British taxation.
Ocean bordering Europe
- seaboardCoastal region boundary
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- Mid-AtlanticEastern U.S. coastal zone
Virginia · Maryland · Delaware · Pennsylvania · New Jersey · Georgia · North Carolina · South Carolina
Colonial separation from Britain
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- patriotsDevoted homeland supporters
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
Stamp Act · Boston Tea Party · Lexington · Concord · Founding Fathers · republicanism · rebellion · sovereignty
First permanent English settlement
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- Massachusetts BayHistoric colony and coastal waters
- RoanokeVirginia city or vanished colony
- WilliamsburgColonial-era Virginia city
Boston · Philadelphia · Charleston · Savannah · New Amsterdam · Providence · Hartford · New Haven
Trade policy favoring exports
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- indentured servantsWorkers contracted for years
- Navigation ActsBritish laws regulating colonial commerce
fur trade · shipbuilding · timber · rice · indigo · slave trade · exports · imports
English Protestant reformers
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- Great AwakeningColonial American spiritual movement
- AnglicanismEnglish Protestant denomination
religious freedom · Salem · dissenters · William Penn · meetinghouse · covenant · tolerance
Founding organizational document
- town meetingLocal governance assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- governorState's chief executive
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
Atlantic
Ocean bordering Europe
- seaboardCoastal region boundary
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
Mid-Atlantic · Virginia · Maryland · Delaware · Pennsylvania · New Jersey · Georgia · North Carolina · South Carolina · Massachusetts
American Revolution
Colonial separation from Britain
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- patriotsDevoted homeland supporters
liberty · Stamp Act · Boston Tea Party · Lexington · Concord · Founding Fathers · republicanism · rebellion · sovereignty · ratification
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- Massachusetts BayHistoric colony and coastal waters
- RoanokeVirginia city or vanished colony
Williamsburg · Boston · Philadelphia · Charleston · Savannah · New Amsterdam · Providence · Hartford · New Haven · Annapolis
mercantilism
Trade policy favoring exports
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- indentured servantsWorkers contracted for years
Navigation Acts · fur trade · shipbuilding · timber · rice · indigo · slave trade · exports · imports · tariffs
Puritans
English Protestant reformers
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- Great AwakeningColonial American spiritual movement
Anglicanism · religious freedom · Salem · dissenters · William Penn · meetinghouse · covenant · tolerance
charter
Founding organizational document
- town meetingLocal governance assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- governorState's chief executive
self-government · Mayflower Compact · common law · magistrate · selectmen
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- coloniesPlymouth, Jamestown, British India, Dutch East Indies, French Indochina
- colonialismcolonization, colonist, British Empire, protectorate, colonists
- Colonialcolonist, settler, plantation, fort, mission
- British EmpireIndia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong
Thirteen ColoniesUnited States of America
North American federal republic
sovereign state · federal republic · constitutional republic · free states · Federal Republic
Thirteen ColoniesBritish Empire
Vast colonial domain
Great Britain · mother country · colonial power · King George III · Westminster
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