Simultaneously, the Dutch and Swedish established their own colonies in the present-day states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. While the original 13 colonies were initially ...

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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, Section 3 ...

Virginia had the largest population of the 13 colonies in 1776 at 747,610. It was followed by Pennsylvania at 434,373, and Massachusetts at 378,787. The smallest colony by population was Delaware ...

Of the 13 colonies, nine voted in favor of the Declaration, two -- Pennsylvania and South Carolina -- voted No, Delaware was undecided and New York abstained. John Hancock, President of the ...

One student and one teacher from each of the original 13 colonies — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia ...