In 1775, the British claimed authority over the red and pink areas on this map and Spain ruled the orange. The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences The term colonial history of the United States refers to the history of the land that would become the United States from the start of European settlement to the time of independence Between 1776 and 1789, the United States became an independent country creating and ratifying its new constitution, and establishing of the federal government This is an article that covers the History of the United States from 1789 through 1849, Westward Expansion. The History of the United States (1849-1865 included the American Civil War and the turbulent years leading up to it which included many events that were critical in its The history of the United States (1865–1918 covers Reconstruction and the rise of Industrialization in the United States. The history of the United States from 1918 through 1945 covers the post- World War I era the Great Depression, and World War II. The history of the United States from 1945 through 1964 covers the early Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. The history of the United States from 1964 through 1980 includes the continuation of the African American Civil Rights Movement; the Vietnam War and protests against The history of the United States (1980-1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration and the first This is a timeline of United States history.The United States Constitution was completed on September 17, 1787 and the History of the United States Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The red area is the area of the 13 colonies open to settlement after the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763 by King George III following Great Britain 's acquisition of French territory

The Thirteen Colonies were British colonies in North America which rebelled against British rule in 1775. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" A provisional government was formed which proclaimed their independence on July 4, 1776, and subsequently became the original thirteen United States. A provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a previous administration or regime In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July (or the Fourth) is a Federal holiday commemorating the adoption The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The colonies were founded between 1607 (Virginia), and 1733 (Georgia), although Great Britain held several other colonies in North America and the West Indies. The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was the English colony The Province of Georgia (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern colonies in British North America. The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting

Colonies

Contemporaneous documents usually list the thirteen revolutionary colonies of British North America in geographical order, from north to south. British North America consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary

• New England
  • Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire
  • Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine
  • Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island
  • Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The Province of New Hampshire was a crown colony organized on October 7, 1691 during the period of British colonization of the Americas. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony chartered October 7, 1691 in North America by William and Mary, the joint The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a theologian independent preacher and linguist on land gifted by the Narragansett sachem Canonicus Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony that became the U Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
• Middle Colonies
  • Province of New York, later named to New York and Vermont^[1]
  • Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
  • Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
  • Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware
• Southern Colonies (depending on the subject under discussion, Virginia and Maryland may be separated as the Chesapeake Colonies)
  • Province of Maryland, later Maryland
  • Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia
  • Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
  • Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
  • Province of Georgia, later Georgia

Other divisions prior to 1730

Dominion of New England 

Created by King James II with the consolidation of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Province of New York, East Jersey, and West Jersey into a single larger colony in 1685. Middle Colonies were a part of the original Thirteen Colonies that would later become The United States of America. The Province of New York (1664-1776 (Provincie New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie Nieuw-Nederland by the New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Province of New Jersey was an English Colony that existed within the boundaries of the current U New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as Pennsylvania Colony, was a North American colony granted to William Penn on March 4, 1681 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Delaware Colony was an English Colony in North America. Settlement From the early Dutch settlement in 1631 to the colony’s Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Southern Colonies of British Colonial America consisted of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia. The Southern Colonies of British Colonial America consisted of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia. The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776 when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen colonies The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was the English colony The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by The Province of North Carolina was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered by eight Lords Proprietors. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The South Carolina Colony was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered in 1653 South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. The Province of Georgia (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern colonies in British North America. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule The Dominion of New England in America (1686-1689 was a short-lived administrative union of English colonies in the New England region of North America James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it was an English settlement on the east coast of North America Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth or The Old Colony) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691 Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Province of New York (1664-1776 (Provincie New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie Nieuw-Nederland by the East Jersey, together with West Jersey, was a distinct separately governed Province of New Jersey that existed for 28 years between 1674 and 1702 New Jersey was governed as two distinct provinces East Jersey and West Jersey, for the 28 years between 1674 and 1702. The experiment was discontinued with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, and the nine former colonies re-established their separate identities in 1689. The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland in 1688 by a union

Province of Maine 

Settled in 1622 (An earlier attempt to settle the Popham Colony on Sagadahoc Island, Maine in 1607 was abandoned after only one year). The Province of Maine refers to several English colonies of that name that existed in the 17th century along the northeast coast of North America, at times roughly The Popham Colony (also known as the Sagadahoc Colony) was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America that was founded in 1607 and Massachusetts Bay colony encroached into Maine during the English Civil War, but, with the Restoration, autonomy was returned to Maine in 1664. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The English Restoration, or simply The Restoration began in 1660 when the English monarchy, Scottish monarchy and Irish monarchy were restored Maine was officially merged into Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.

Plymouth Colony 

Settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims. Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth or The Old Colony) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691 Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers (or Pilgrim Mothers) is a name commonly applied to the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth Plymouth was absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.

British colonies in North America, c. 1750. 1: Newfoundland; 2: Nova Scotia; 3: The Thirteen Colonies; 4: Bermuda; 5: Bahamas; 6: British Honduras; 7: Jamaica; 8: Lesser Antilles

New Haven 

Settled in late 1637. Newfoundland — ˈn(jufənˌlænd (Terre-Neuve Talamh an Éisc — is a large island 15 km off the east coast of Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and British Honduras was the former name of what is now the independent nation of Belize and was a British colony on the east coast of Central Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees, are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas and Greater Antilles form the The New Haven Colony was an English colonial venture in present-day Connecticut in North America from 1637 to 1662. New Haven was absorbed by Connecticut Colony with the issuance of the Connecticut Charter in 1662, partly as royal punishment by King Charles II for harboring the regicide judges who sentenced King Charles I to death.

East and West Jersey 

New Jersey was divided into two separate colonies in 1674. East Jersey, together with West Jersey, was a distinct separately governed Province of New Jersey that existed for 28 years between 1674 and 1702 New Jersey was governed as two distinct provinces East Jersey and West Jersey, for the 28 years between 1674 and 1702. The Jerseys were reunited in 1702.

Province of Carolina 

Founded in 1663. The Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1712, was a North American British proprietary Colony, controlled by eight English noblemen Carolina colony was divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1712. Both colonies became royal colonies in 1729.

Population

(Note: the population figures do not account for the native tribes who originally resided there. )

North American colonies 1763-76

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See also

• British North America
• Colonial America
• Colonial government in America
• History of the United States (1776-1789): Independence and the American Revolution
• American Revolution
• History of the United States
• British colonization of the Americas

Notes

References

• Cooke, Jacob Ernest et al. , ed. Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Scribner's, 1993. 3 vol; 2397 pp.
• Gipson, Lawrence. The British Empire Before the American Revolution (15 volumes) (1936-1970), Pulitzer Prize; highly detailed discussion of every British colony in the New World
• Greene, Evarts Boutelle et al. , American Population before the Federal Census of 1790, 1993, ISBN 0806313773
• Greene, Evarts Boutelle. Provincial America, 1690-1740. 1905. online
• Osgood, Herbert L. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. Herbert Levi Osgood (1855–1918 was an American Historian of colonial American history. 4 vol Columbia University Press, 1904-07. online
• Vickers, Daniel, ed. A Companion to Colonial America. Blackwell, 2003. 576 pp.