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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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