The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War, and joined to form the United States o
The Thirteen Colonies of British America: (dark red): New England Colonies (red-brown): Middle Colonies (brown): Southern Colonies
Fort George and New York, c. 1731
Join, or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule.
Minutemen during the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 1775
The New England Colonies of English and British America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and the Province
State CT Original Seal
Seal of the Dominion of New England