Thirteen Colonies
The chart below lists the 13
original colonies in alphabetical order, along with information about when each
colony was founded and when each colony became a state:
Founded
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Statehood
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Connecticut
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1636
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January 9, 1788
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Delaware
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1638
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December 7, 1787
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Georgia
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1732
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January 2, 1788
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Maryland
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1633
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April 28, 1788
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Massachusetts
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1620
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February 6, 1788
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New Hampshire
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1638
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June 21, 1788
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New Jersey
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1664
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December 18, 1787
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New York
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1626
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July 26, 1788
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North Carolina
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1653
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November 21, 1789
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Pennsylvania
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1682
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December 12, 1787
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Rhode Island
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1636
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May 29, 1790
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South Carolina
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1663
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May 23, 1788
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Virginia
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1607
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June 25, 1788
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Contemporary documents usually list the thirteen colonies of British North America in geographical order, from the north to the
south.
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Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware, a proprietary colony
Other divisions prior to 1730
Created in 1685 by a decree from King James II that consolidated 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. The experiment collapsed afterthe Glorious Revolution of 1688–89, and the nine former colonies re-established their separate identities in 1689.
Settled in 1630 by Puritans from England. The colonial charter was revoked in 1684, and a new charter establishing an enlarged Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued in 1691.
Settled in 1622 (An earlier attempt to settle the Popham Colony in Sagadahoc, Maine (near present-day Phippsburg and Popham Beach State Park) in 1607 was abandoned after only one year). The Massachusetts Bay Colony claimed the Maine territory (then limited to present-day southernmost Maine) in the 1650s. Parts of Maine east of the Kennebec River were also part of New York in the second half of the 17th century. These areas were formally made part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the charter of 1691.
Settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims. Plymouth was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the charter of 1691.
Founded in 1635 and merged with Connecticut Colony in 1644.
Settled in late 1637. 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.
Settled as part of New Netherland in the 1610s, New Jersey was captured (along with New York) by English forces in 1664. New Jersey was divided into two separate colonies in 1674, which were reunited in 1702.
Founded in 1663. Carolina colony was divided into two colonies, North Carolina and South Carolina, in 1712. Both colonies became royal colonies in 1729.