what did the original settlers of the 13 colonies have in common
In 1700, there were about 250,000 European and African settlers in North Americaâs thirteen English colonies. By 1775, on the eve of revolution, there were nearly 2.5 million.These colonists did not have much in common, but they were able to band together and fight for their independence.1  Tags.he New England Colonies. The first English emigrants to what would become the New England colonies were a small group of Puritan separatists, later called the Pilgrims, who arrived in Plymouth in 1620.