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13 colonies
The
13 colonies
refers to the the thirteen out of the eighteen British North American
colonies
, separately chartered and governed, that signed the
Declaration of Independence
in
1776
and formally broke with the
Kingdom of Great Britain
to form the
United States
.
Rebellious colonies
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Loyal colonies
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Quebec
East Florida
West Florida
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