USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was those colonies that came together to form the United States. The original 13 colonies of North America in 1776, at the United States Declaration of Independence.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the early 1600s, the British king began establishing colonies in America. By the 1700s, most of the settlements had formed into 13 British colonies: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies (now self referenced as states) declared their independence from Britain. With the help of France and Spain, they defeated the British and their German allies in the American Revolutionary War, with the final battle usually being referred to as the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why were the colonies established? Queen Elizabeth wanted to establish colonies in the Americas in order to grow the British Empire and to counter the Spanish. The English hoped to find wealth, create new jobs, and establish trade ports along the coast of the Americas.