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| Part of British America (1607–1776) as Colonies of England (1607–1707) Colonies of Great Britain (1707–1776) | ||||||||||||
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Flag of Great Britain (1707–1776)
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The thirteen colonies (shown in red) in 1775.
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| Capital | Administered from London, England | |||||||||||
| Languages |
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| Religion | Protestantism Roman Catholicism Judaism American Indian religion | |||||||||||
| Government | Colonial constitutional monarchy | |||||||||||
| Monarch | ||||||||||||
| • | 1607–1625 | James I & VI (first) | ||||||||||
| • | 1760–1776 | George III of the United Kingdom (last) | ||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| • | Roanoke Colony | 1585 | ||||||||||
| • | Virginia Colony | 1607 | ||||||||||
| • | New England | 1620 | ||||||||||
| • | King Charles II charter for Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | 1663 | ||||||||||
| • | New Netherland falls to the English | 1664 | ||||||||||
| • | Treaty of Utrecht (1713) | 1713 | ||||||||||
| • | Province of Georgia formed as 13th colony | 1732 | ||||||||||
| • | United States Declaration of Independence | 1776 | ||||||||||
| • | Treaty of Paris | 1783 | ||||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||
| • | 1625[1] est. | 1,980 | ||||||||||
| • | 1775[1] est. | 2,400,000 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  United States | |||||||||||
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Thirteen Colonies
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