The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald explained how the 13 original American colonies were settled and the differences between the colonies and their people.

When our forefathers from the thirteen original colonies gathered to protest, among other things, a tax on tea, they decided to form a union for the common defense. Their intent ...

Thirteen Colonies. America's 250th Anniversary. Meet the Defiant Loyalists Who Paid Dearly for Choosing the Wrong Side in the American Revolution.

The original 13 colonies entered the Union from 1787 to 1790, and the remaining 37 were continuously admitted as late as 1959. States are accepted into the U.S. based on Article IV, ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. In 1811, Timothy Pickering, a ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. In 1811, Timothy Pickering, a ...