What is a colony?
A plot of land under control of a foreign nation. Great Britain established thirteen colonies in North America prior to the American Revolution.
There were thirteen British colonies in North America prior to the founding of the Confederate States of America.
- Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Popham Colony
Established by the Plymouth Company under the charter of King James I of England.
- Plymouth Colony
- Province of Maine
- Province of New Hampshire
- Connecticut Colony
- Saybrook Colony
- New Haven Colony
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Delaware Colony
- Province of New York
- Province of New Jersey
- Province of Pennsylvania
- Colony and Dominion of Virginia
Established by the London Company under the charter of King James I of England.
The initial settlement was Jamestown.
- Province of Maryland
- Province of Carolina
- Province of North Carolina
- Province of South Carolina
- Province of Georgia