13. DELAWARE According to the book State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols, the state of Delaware is named after the Delaware River.

On Dec. 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, according to the Census Bureau. Since it was the first of the 13 original colonies to become a state, it has been ...

Discover the 13 American colonies, their establishment by Great Britain, diverse characteristics, and their journey to unity ...

intro: Independence Day is not all barbecue and fireworks. So we pause here for a bit of history, with the 13 original colonies in mind.

When the streets were laid out in the original Village of Black Rock grid, they were named in honor of the 13 original colonies. That section still exists today, along the Niagara Street corridor ...

Encompassing less than 2,000 square miles, Delaware is officially the second smallest state (by area) in the U.S. One of the original 13 colonies and the first state to ratify the U.S ...

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 ...

Photographer Wendel White created Manifest: Thirteen Colonies as a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public and private collections.

The 13 original colonies are: Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.

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The Thirteen British colonies that would become the first of the United States — Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...