The 13 Original Colonies

By Cielo Peralta

The 13 Original Colonies • New Hampshire• Massachusetts• Connecticut• Rhode Island• New York• New Jersey• Pennsylvania• Delaware• Maryland• Virginia • South Carolina• Georgia

New Hampshire Map: NEW

HAMPSHIRE!

The Province of New Hampshire is a name first given in 1629 to the territory between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of North America.

Massachusetts Map: MASSACHUSETTS

!The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston.

Connecticut Map:

CONNECTICUT!The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in North America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut.

Rhode Island Map:

RHODE ISLAND!The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America. After the American Revolution, it became the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

New York Map: NEW YORK!

The Province of New York was an English and later British crown territory that originally included all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont.

New Jersey Map:

NEW JERSEY! The New Jersey Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The New Jersey Colony was classified as one of the Middle Colonies. The Province of New Jersey was an English colony in North America that existed from 1664 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Map:

PENNSYLVNIA!!

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II.

Delaware Map: DELAWARE!!!

Delaware Colony in the North American Middle Colonies was a region of the Province of Pennsylvania although never legally a separate colony. From 1682 to 1776 it was part of the Penn proprietorship and was known as the lower counties.

Maryland Map:

MARYLAND!The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland.

Virginia Map: VIRGINIA!!

The Colony of Virginia was the first English colony in the world. William Kelso says Virginia "is where the British Empire began,... this was the first colony in the British Empire."

South Carolina Map: SOUTH

CAROLINA!

The South Carolina Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The South Carolina Colony was classified as one of the Southern Colonies. The Province of South Carolina was an English colony in North America that existed from 1663 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of South Carolina.

Georgia Map: GEORGIA!!!

The Province of Georgia was one of the Southern colonies in British America. It was the last of the thirteen original colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States.