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The Thirteen Colonies (shown in red) in 1775 The governments of the Thirteen Colonies of British America developed in the 17th and 18th centuries under the influence of the British constitution . The British monarch issued colonial charters that established either royal colonies , proprietary colonies , or corporate colonies .
A map of the Thirteen Colonies (in red) and nearby colonial areas (1763–1775) just before the Revolutionary War In response, the colonies formed bodies of elected representatives known as Provincial Congresses , and colonists began to boycott imported British merchandise. [ 62 ]
Change Map July 4, 1776 Thirteen colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain in North America collectively declared their independence as the United States of America, [a] though several colonies had already individually declared independence: [8] The Colony of Connecticut, becoming the State of Connecticut [9]
[114] [115] Malaria was deadly to many new arrivals in the Southern colonies. For an example of newly arrived able-bodied young men, over one-fourth of the Anglican missionaries died within five years of their arrival in the Carolinas. [116] Mortality was high for infants and small children, especially from diphtheria, yellow fever, and malaria ...
Following the 1776 declaration of independence of the colonies that were to form the United States (which was to be recognised by the British Government in 1783), the areas that remained under British sovereignty were administered by the Home Office, which had been formed on 27 March 1782, and which also controlled the military until this was ...
Adapted from National Atlas of the United States scan uploaded by Kooma using File:Blank US Map.svg as a template: Author: Cg-realms; adapted from a scan from the National Atlas of the United States: Other versions: Image:Map Thirteen Colonies 1775-fr.svg Image:Map of territorial growth 1775.jpg
The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution, the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America, between 1776
An illustration of the Continental Army's Assistant Quartermaster General John Parke and Ezekiel Cheever, commissary of artillery, giving instructions to a captain of artillery on the docks of New London, Connecticut in 1776. In June 1775, the Second Continental Congress created the position of Quartermaster General, after the British example ...