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'''"The Thirteen Colonies"''' was a historical region comprised of the thirteen [[Great Britain | British]] colonies in [[North America]]. Its borders ranged from the present-day Canadian province of [[Quebec]] to the present-day state of [[Georgia]].
'''"The Thirteen Colonies"''' was a historical region comprised of the thirteen [[Great Britain | British]] colonies in [[North America]]. Its borders ranged from the present-day Canadian province of [[Quebec]] to the present-day state of [[Georgia]].


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List of historical colonies (in alphabetical order):
List of historical colonies (in alphabetical order):
*[[Connecticut Colony]] (later [[Connecticut]])
*[[Connecticut Colony]] (later [[Connecticut (U.S. state)|Connecticut]])
*[[Delaware Colony]] (before 1776, the ''Lower Counties on Delaware'', and later [[Delaware]])
*[[Delaware Colony]] (before 1776, the ''Lower Counties on Delaware'', and later [[Delaware (U.S. state)|Delaware]])
*[[Province of Georgia]] (later [[Georgia]])
*[[Province of Georgia]] (later [[Georgia]])
*[[Province of Maryland]] (later [[Maryland]])
*[[Province of Maryland]] (later [[Maryland (U.S. state)|Maryland]])
*[[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]])
*[[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (later [[Massachusetts (U.S. state)|Massachusetts]] and [[Maine (U.S. state)|Maine]])
*[[Province of New Hampshire]] (later [[New Hampshire]])
*[[Province of New Hampshire]] (later [[New Hampshire (U.S. state)|New Hampshire]])
*[[Province of New Jersey]] (later [[New Jersey]])  
*[[Province of New Jersey]] (later [[New Jersey (U.S. state)|New Jersey]])  
*[[Province of New York]] (later [[New York]] and [[Vermont]])
*[[Province of New York]] (later [[New York (disambiguation)|New York]] and [[Vermont (U.S. state)|Vermont]])
*[[Province of North Carolina]] (later [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]])
*[[Province of North Carolina]] (later [[North Carolina (U.S. state)]] and [[Tennessee (U.S. state)|Tennessee]])
*[[Province of Pennsylvania]] (later [[Pennsylvania]])
*[[Province of Pennsylvania]] (later [[Pennsylvania (U.S. state)|Pennsylvania]])
*[[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] (later [[Rhode Island]])
*[[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] (later [[Rhode Island (U.S. state)|Rhode Island]])
*[[Province of South Carolina]] (later [[South Carolina]])
*[[Province of South Carolina]] (later [[South Carolina (U.S. state)|South Carolina]])
*[[Colony and Dominion of Virginia]] (later [[Virginia]], [[Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia]])
*[[Colony and Dominion of Virginia]] (later [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]], [[Kentucky (U.S. state)|Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia (U.S. state)|West Virginia]])


==Bibliography==
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* Cooke, Jacob Ernest, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies'' (3 vol 1993); authoritative overview of colonial America, including British, Spanish, French, and Dutch colonies
* Adams, James Truslow. ''The Founding of New England,'' (1921) [http://www.dinsdoc.com/adams-1-0a.htm online edition]
* Osgood, Herbert L. ''The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.'' 3 vol (1904-07) [http://dinsdoc.com/osgood-8-0a.htm  online edition]
* Taylor, Alan. ''American Colonies,'' (2001} survey by leading scholar

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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):