Thirteen Colonies

* New Netherland
* New France
* Scottish America

The **Thirteen Colonies** were a group of colonies on the eastern coast of North America controlled by the Kingdom of England, later the Kingdom of Great Britain after 1707. When they became independent from Great Britain in 1776, they became the United States.

## History

The Thirteen Colonies were created in 1607 after the Kingdom of England, later the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707, colonized the eastern coast of North America. The colonies went to war with France for a while and eventually won it. Because of this it was taxed by Britain since Britain was in debt. The Thirteen Colonies rebelled against Britain. It became after the the United States of America after the revolution.

## Final Colonies

1. **Province of Massachusetts Bay** (1691-1776)
2. **Province of New Hampshire** (1629-1776)
3. **Connecticut Colony** (1636-1776)
4. **Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations** (1663-1776)
5. **Delaware Colony** (1664-1776)
6. **Province of New York** (1664-1776)
7. **Province of New Jersey** (1664-1673; 1702-1776)
8. **Province of Pennsylvania** (1681-1776)
9. **Province of Maryland** (1632-1776)
10. **Colony of Virginia** (1607-1776)
11. **Province of North Carolina** (1712-1776)
12. **Province of South Carolina** (1712-1776)
13. **Province of Georgia** (1732-1776)

## Former Colonies

* **Plymouth Colony** (1620-1691; merged with the original Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Province of Maine to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay)
* **Massachusetts Bay Colony** (1630-1691; merged with Plymouth and Maine to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay)
* **Province of Maine** (1622-1691; merged with the original Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay)
* **Saybrook Colony** (1635-1644; annexed by Connecticut)
* **New Haven Colony** (1638-1664; annexed by Connecticut)
* **Providence Plantations Colony** (1636-1663; merged with Portsmouth, Newport and Warwick to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
* **Portsmouth Colony** (1638-1663; merged with Providence Plantations, Newport and Warwick to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
* **Newport Colony** (1639-1663; merged with Providence Plantations, Portsmouth and Warwick to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
* **Warwick Colony** (1642-1663; merged with Providence Plantations, Portsmouth and Newport to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
* **Province of East Jersey** (1673-1702; re-merged with West Jersey to reunite New Jersey)
* **Province of West Jersey** (1673-1702; re-merged with East Jersey to reunite New Jersey)
* **Province of Carolina** (1663-1712; divided into the Provinces of North Carolina and South Carolina)

## Other Colonies That Were Part Of British America

### Colonies that Became Part Of Canada

* **Province of Quebec** (1763-1791; became the Province of Canada and later the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec)
* **Province of Nova Scotia** (1707-1867; Was original a Scottish colony from 1629 to 1707, and when England and Scotland merged to form Great Britain, it became a British colony until Canada became independent in 1867 and became the Canadian province of Nova Scotia)
* **Province of New Brunswick** (1763-1867; became the Canadian province of New Brunswick)
* **Province of St. John's Island** (1763-1873; was renamed to Prince Edward Island in 1798 and became a province of Canada in 1873)
* **Newfoundland Colony** (1610-1907; became an independent nation in 1907 as the Dominion of Newfoundland and later annexed by Canada in 1949 to become Canada's tenth province and was renamed Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001)
* **Rupert's Land** (1670-1870; became part of Canada's Northwest Territories in 1870)
* **North-Western Territory** (1670-1870; became part of Canada's Northwest Territories in 1870)
* **British Arctic Territories** (16th century-1880; became part of Canada's Northwest Territories in 1880)

### British Colonies Not Part Of The Thirteen Colonies But Became Part Of The United States

* **British Florida** (1763-1783; ceded back to Spain in 1783 and acquired by the United States in 1821 as a territory and became a state in 1845.
* **Indian Reserve** (1763-1783; became part of the United States following the end of the Revolutionary War)