The 13 original colonies of the United States ... South Carolina and Georgia. In the American colonies, governing structures varied widely. Some, like Massachusetts Bay Colony, embraced self ...

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Which British colony was the wealthiest? Conjectures about the real and nominal incomes in the 13 American colonies can now be made with new data. Historically, New England has been poor, and the ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. Advertisement In 1811 ...

Route 44's bad reputation goes all the way back to colonial eraIn the Colonial era, Connecticut had the dubious distinction of having the worst roads in the 13 original colonies.In 1768, Lord Adam Gor ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

A widely-known fact about the City of Wilkes-Barre is that its named after John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, members of the British Parliament who supported the American colonies during the American ...