Thirteen Colonies

In the summer of 1787, twelve out of the original thirteen states of the United States of America gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for what was known as the Constitutional Convention. It was previously twelve years ago in 1777 when the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire gained independence and formed what is known as the United States of America. The founders of the Articles of Confederation, the United States’ first attempt at a government, was recognized as being too weak and unable…

considered the thirteen colonies to be 3 very distinct regions, firstly because of the landscape. There was the North (New England), the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and the Chesapeake Colonies, which many historians consider to be part of the Southern Colonies. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island made up New England. These colonies were small and poorer farming towns. Geographically, the area had a lot of timber/wood and fish. The Middle Colonies were…

well-stablished, the thirteen colonies were settled, when Christopher Columbus discovered America or even after the declaration of independence. But the question here is what the reality is? Who is right? U.S history for me start even before this events, for me start when Native Americans migrated, to know a days is United States. Although the truth reality here is the United States History does not begin in 1607 when the English founded the first colony called “Jamestown” in the colony of…

The American Revolution was revolutionary for many reasons. Some of the reasons were , because of the battles, the taxes, the protests, and the rebellion of the patriots. Because of the American Revolution, the thirteen colonies were able to change socially, politically and economically. This was one of the major causes that started the war. Major events throughout the American Revolution were the reasons why this war was revolutionary. Events such as The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party…

land and colonies were translated into a country's success. However, with the advent of mercantilism—the economic theory that trade engenders wealth and is stimulated by the accretion of productive balances, which a government should encourage—, England started imposing its mercantilist policies upon the thirteen colonies. This was done by the imposition of various acts and policies. However, these policies were not received well and had generally negative consequences, in each of the colonies’…

population doubled or Sierra Leone, where they became a part of a colony of ex-slaves. In this regard, Liberty’s Exiles is similar in style to Daniel Rodgers’ Atlantic Crossings. Jasanoff weaves together accounts from multiple loyalists and places them in context to…

After The Seven Years’ War, Britain was left with an enormous debt and decided to help alleviate that expense through the taxation of the colonies in North America. Two acts of parliament, the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 began the dispute between Britain and America. Based on the current standard of “no taxation without representation”, the colonies disputed the impositions from parliament since they were not being represented in the British House of Commons. Parliament defended…

as King James I. Thirteen years later, 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower which landed in Massachusetts at a place they named Plymouth. Jamestown and Plymouth were the two original colonies that settled in America, although these two colonies came to America about the same point of time they didn’t have the similar reasons for why to head out to the new land. Both these colonies had many similarities as well as many differences. Despite the regional settlement of both colonies were around the…

The American flag is seen as one of the largest icons of America still to this day. The American flag we see today consists of thirteen stripes and fifty stars, and it was created in 1777 on June fourteenth. In this version, the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies and the stars represent the fifty states. The colors on the flag also have their own meanings; white stands for innocence, red stands for valor, and blue stands for perseverance. The flag was created by the Continental…

Do you think that the British had more to fight for than the colonists? When the Colonies started to form, the British Crown started to make Acts for the colonies to keep them under control. While Britain put a lot of effort and time on the colonies, The colonists had more to fight for because they were also fighting for a new life, for their land, and for their freedom. First of all, The colonists had more to fight for because they were fighting for a new life. The colonists started to…