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The Thirteen Colonies Posted October 2, 2009 @ 9:55 pm In Numbers,Thirteen | No Comments
NOTE: Both the Province of New Hampshire and the Province of New York claimed the territory that became the State of Vermont. |
"It will compete with Colonial Williamsburg on a regional scale - a dream come true for some, tourist dollars spent here instead of in Williamsburg, Va. None of the other original 13 colonies has much to offer in telling the story of the American Revolution. Williamsburg has finally progressed from the colonial period to include the Revolutionary City program, which describes life during that war through trained guides and interactive storytellers."
—unsigned editorial, "Valley Forge plan would create a 2-tier park," The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, 2007.
"When in 2020 the United States commemorates the 400th anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, will the events fete only the original Thirteen Colonies? Of course not. Champlain's arrival may have marked Quebec's birth, but Confederation, desired and effected by French-Canadians, its constitution largely negotiated at the Quebec Conference of 1864, was its historical destiny. Yes, Quebec is one of 10 provinces, but francophone Quebecers have always been acknowledged as one of our two founding peoples; there is no contradiction between the two facts."
—Barbara Kay, "Erasing the British influence on modern Quebec," The National Post, October 3, 2007.
"Colonial history and politics are also instructive. James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights to provide a political compromise between the Federalists, who favored a strong central government, and the Anti-Federalists, who feared a strong central government as an inherent danger to individual rights. In June 1789, then Rep. Madison introduced 12 amendments, a "bill of rights," to the Constitution to convince the remaining two of the original 13 colonies to ratify the document."
—Mike Cox, "Second-Amendment Showdown," The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2007, p. A13.
"It's strange that the state is not better known outside the US, particularly in the UK. It was one of the original 13 colonies and its capital, Raleigh, honours the explorer Sir Walter, who tried to establish a settlement there in the 16th century.
"But as a modern-day holiday home destination it has long been bypassed by Europeans in favoured of Florida, New York and Massachusetts, says Cindy Chandler, past president of the 43,000-strong North Carolina Association of Realtors."
—Liz Gill, "A hint of colonial courtesy Growing numbers of European buyers are discovering the diverse delights of North Carolina," The Financial Times, November 24, 2007.
"Right from the start, Mr. Herring says, the generation of founding fathers was outward looking and consumed by diplomacy. What is more, expansionism, first beyond the original 13 colonies, then into the Caribbean and Pacific and eventually culminating in a political and economic domain spanning the world, has almost always animated American leaders.”
—Howard W. French, “Thinking Globally: America’s Rise to Dominance, With Slips Along the Way,” The New York Times, November 23, 2008.
The 13 Colonies
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[1] Province of New Hampshire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire
[2] State of New Hampshire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire
[3] State of Vermont: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont
[4] Province of Massachusetts Bay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay
[5] Commonwealth of Massachusetts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts
[6] State of Maine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine
[7] Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations
[8] State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations
[9] Colony of Connecticut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony
[10] State of Connecticut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut
[11] Province of New York: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_York
[12] State of New York: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York
[13] Province of New Jersey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey
[14] State of New Jersey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey
[15] Province of Pennsylvania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania
[16] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania
[17] Delaware Colony: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Colony
[18] State of Delaware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware
[19] Province of Maryland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Maryland
[20] State of Maryland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland
[21] Colony of Virginia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_and_Dominion_of_Virginia
[22] Commonwealth of Virginia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia
[23] Commonwealth of Kentucky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky
[24] State of West Virginia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia
[25] Province of North Carolina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina
[26] State of North Carolina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina
[27] State of Tennessee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee
[28] Province of South Carolina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina
[29] State of South Carolina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina
[30] Province of Georgia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Georgia
[31] State of Georgia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29
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