The story of the 13 original colonies is a sweeping saga of ambition, resistance, and transformation that laid the bedrock for the modern United States. What began as a scattered collection of ...

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 ...

Massachusetts was the sixth state to join the Union. However, Massachusetts is home to the second colony to be founded of the original 13 colonies, meaning the state's foundations are older than ...