Thirteen Colonies

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plural noun

the thirteen British colonies in North America that joined together and became the United States of America after adopting the Declaration of Independence in 1776: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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Also called Thirteen Original States .

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How to use Thirteen Colonies in a sentence

Cricket is a sport enjoyed by hundreds of millions around the globe, mainly in former British colonies.
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She began her career as a model at the age of thirteen, modeling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior.
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At thirteen years old, de Forest speaks with the confidence and the knowledge of someone much older.
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Last year, I went to India with my daughter who was thirteen at the time to meet some artisans.
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Dr. John Morgan, perhaps the best-trained physician in the colonies, was then the leader.
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Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Tombs had two horses shot under him, and thirteen out of fifty men in his battery were killed or wounded.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Congress declared the authority of England over the thirteen colonies abolished.
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At the end of 1881 there were 93,776 children in the borough between the ages of three and thirteen.
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Its culture in these kingdoms as well as by their colonies brought to the crown enormous revenues.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

Cultural definitions for Thirteen Colonies

thirteen colonies

The colonies that composed the original United States in 1776: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.