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.

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, ...

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.

As one of the thirteen original colonies, Rhode Island is home to many well-established sources of education, including Ivy League universities, government offices and libraries. In fact, the ...

(WHTM) – Pennsylvania was one of thirteen original colonies and was founded in 1681 by William Penn. Pennsylvania is home to 2,560 municipalities across 67 counties which are broken up into B… ...

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 ...