USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Within a century and a half the British had 13 flourishing colonies on the Atlantic coast: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Detailed explanation-2: -In July 1776, an estimated 2.5 million people lived in the 13 colonies (Series B 12 table below).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Just prior to declaring independence, the Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: New England (New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut); Middle (New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware); Southern (Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; and Georgia).

Detailed explanation-5: -Virginia. The first of the colonies to be established, Virginia came into existence in 1607. A group of colonists called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on May 14, 1607, naming it Jamestown for its location on the banks of the James River.