Thomas Hancock (merchant)
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Thomas Hancock was an American merchant and politician best known for being the uncle of Founding Father and statesman John Hancock. The son of a Congregationalist preacher, Thomas Hancock rose from o
Portrait by John Singleton Copley, 1764–1766
1730 portrait of Hancock by John Smibert
1766 portrait of Hancock's wife Lydia by John Singleton Copley
Thirteen Colonies
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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