What was the largest of the 13 original colonies?
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No, it was Virginia.  Don't forget that at the time of the American Revolution, the area which is now West Virginia was still part of Virginia.  Georgia's area is 154,077 square kilometers.  Virginia plus West Virginia is 173,671 square kilometers.
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The 13 colonies belonged to England (GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH)  France had territorial claims to parts of the Mississippi river valley, Florida and the south west was claimed by Spain. let's not forget Native Americans who were here before England, France or Spain
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Any of the other 37. And, Maine, which was part of Massachusetts until 1820, so doesn't count as one of the original 13.
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Hard question to answer using only a few sentences, so pay attention in history class.\n\nAmericans originally came from England, - Explorers from Brittan came to America - then got tired of British rule and fought to keep the British away and we formed our own country.  (Remember when Crusty the Clown said we need guns to keep the Queen of England out of our face?)   Anyway - we formed the 13 original colonies, yada, yada.  The first American born President was actually the 8th President - \nMartin Van Buren, 8th President: 1837-1841.  The previous 7 were all born in England.  So basically the Eastern part of the Country was formed by a bunch of people from England/Great Brittan - the west however started to form during the gold rush era.  Mexicans & Indians lived out west, California was once a part of Mexico - then America won a war and took it from them.  All the while, lots of immigrants came into the counrty - arriving at Ellis Island in New York.  Lots of Irish & Italian and others.\n\nBut that's just my quick summary - take a history class.
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50 and 13 stripes; 50 for the states and 13 stripes for the original colonies.
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that's a good question, it almost became that way back in the beginning, I thought about this one for a bit and came up with this scenario; After the revolution the thirteen colonies would have made huge land grabs in their own interests,Everything east of the Mississippi would belong to the original thirteen with Georgia being the largest( the colony of Georgia would have taken almost all of the deep south just by the fact of her location alone) West of the Mississippi would be 4 or 5 large countries with Texas and California being the largest,The early 1800's would have been near constant warfare as countries fought over who would be the big dog. Spain and France would be easily tossed out with Georgia, Carolina, and Virginia taking the bulk of their land, The smaller northern colonies would form some sort of confederation to control a British presence in Canada,      Today we would probably look something like this; There would be probably a dozen different countries in North America today, each with a form of government similar to what we have now, some more conservative, some more liberal, a NATO type of confederation would exist for mutual defense and economic needs. I could see Texas, California and Georgia being three of the worlds top economic and military powers , as for what the world would look like, that's anyone's guess
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NH. was settled by fisherman. NC. and SC. started as Carolina the South grew more quickly than the North. Eventually Carolina split into north and south. Delaware was part of Massachusetts at the beginning of the colony. The duke of York gave New Jersey to two of his friends. Georgia was made to protect the Carolinas from Spanish FL, it was founded James Oglethorpe. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn it was called Pennsylvania because it meant Penn's woods. Maryland was about twelve million acres. Virginia was the location of the first English settlement. Rhode Island had a charter granted by Charles II.
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At 840,000 square miles (2,175,590 km2), Greenland is the world's largest island.    Although Australia also meets the definition of an island (a piece of land surrounded by water), it is large enough to be considered its own continent.
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The Declaration of Independence\nof the Thirteen Colonies\n\nhttp://www.wealth4freedom.com/\n\nhttp://www.colonialhall.com/index.php\n\nhttp://www.wealth4freedom.com/wisdom/DOI.htm\n\n\nhttp://www.wealth4freedom.com/truth/search/BillofRights.htm\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/decindep.htm\n\nhttp://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/neas/tech/resources/colonial_resources.htm\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial\n\nhttp://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/colonial.cfm\n\nhttp://home.wi.rr.com/rickgardiner/primarysources.htm\n\nhttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_NE_Colonies.html\n\nhttp://www.archives.gov/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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The answer is 1776. The person who answered before forgot to add the 12 to it.
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50 states.\n\nThere were 17 English colonies on the North American at the time of the American Revolution. Four remained loyal to England and later became part of Canada.\n\nIndependence day is July 4 of each year. The anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.\n\nSamuel Huntington  was the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, serving from September 28, 1779 to July 6, 1781. George Washington was the first president under the United States Constitution.\n\nHaliaeetus leucocephalus commonly referred to as the Bald Eagle or American Eagle\n\nWashington DC is not an any US state. It is within the District of Columbia, which has no representation within Congress.\n\nThe United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, ratified on June 21, 1788 and became effective on March 4, 1789.
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New York, but they also had large settlements in Southern Africa.\n\nChow!!
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. \n\nyet some more trivial knowledge ;-)
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Whats the largest state in the world\nhows that to start with
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The four *original* New England Colonies were :\nNew Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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The largest is Tokyo, Japan.\n\nDamascus, Syria is the oldest.
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Hi Lana, there should be something on the subject within these links.\n\nSocial Studies\n\nAmerica began as colonies of England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. The story of America as a nation must begin with the colonization of the East Coast.\n\nhttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm\n\nJamestown and how America started.\n\nhttp://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/jt/jt.htm\n\nhttp://cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/journey/___thebeginning.html\n\nhttp://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/ca_intro.htm\n\nhttp://www.apva.org/history/\n\nhttp://www.academicinfo.net/usearlycolonial.html\n\n Although there were other Europeans who had visited and even tried to establish colonies on the eastern coast of the New World, the British were the first to establish a permanent colony. They named their fort Jamestown.\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/kirk/jamestown.htm\n\nThe American Colonies\n\nThe history of the original 13 colonies is a tangled tale indeed. There are many ways to view the events and, in hind sight, it is easy to think you understand. But no one knew where they were headed at the time and it could have ended up very different.\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.