USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Colorado was NOT part of the original 13 colonies. The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies founded in the 17th and 18th centuries on the Atlantic coast of America which declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Florida was not counted as one of the original 13 colonies. This was primarily because of the fact that it was a prize of war rather than one settled by English colonists. The British took possession of Florida in 1763 as the result of the Seven Years War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 13 original states were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The 13 original states were the first 13 British colonies. British colonists traveled across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe.