Thirteen Colonies - Colonies

Colonies

• British colonies in North America, circa 1750. 1: Newfoundland; 2: Nova Scotia; 3: The Thirteen Colonies; 4: Bermuda; 5: Bahamas; 6: British Honduras (was Spanish c1750: became British in 1798); 7: Jamaica; 8: British Leeward Islands and Barbados

• North American colonies 1763-76, illustrating and territorial claims

• In 1775, the British claimed authority over the red and pink areas on this map and Spain claimed the orange. The red area is the area of settlement; most lived within 50 miles of the ocean.

• State land claims based on colonial charters, and later cessions to the U.S. government, 1782-1802

Contemporary documents usually list the thirteen colonies of British North America in geographical order, from the north to the south.

New England Colonies

• Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire, a crown colony
• Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine, a crown colony
• Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island, a crown colony
• Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut, a crown colony

Middle Colonies

• Province of New York, later New York and Vermont, a crown colony
• Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey, a crown colony
• Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony
• Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware, a proprietary colony

Southern Colonies

(Virginia and Maryland comprised the Chesapeake Colonies)

• Province of Maryland, later Maryland, a proprietary colony
• Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia, a crown colony
• Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee, a crown colony
• Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina, a crown colony
• Province of Georgia, later Georgia, northern sections of Alabama and Mississippi, a crown colony