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The Thirteen Colonies were 13 British colonies in North America, separately chartered and governed that signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and formally broke with the Kingdom of Great Britain, leading to the American Revolutionary War and the establishment of the United States of America.

Other British North American possessions—the former French colony of Quebec and the colonies of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as Canada. The colonies of East Florida and West FloridaWest Florida was from 1682 until 1763 a part of the French colony of Louisiana. At the end of the Seven Years' War, Britain received the Spanish colony of Florida and a portion of the French colony of Louisiana lying between the Mississippi and Perdido ri also remained loyal during the American Revolution.

1 The Thirteen Colonies

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  • Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
• Middle Colonies:
  • Delaware Colony, later Delaware
  • Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
  • Province of New York, later New York and Vermont
  • Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
• Southern Colonies:
  • Province of Georgia, later Georgia
  • Province of Maryland, later Maryland
  • Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
  • Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
  • Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia