The 13 colonies can be divided into three distinct ... This region included Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. In the American colonies, governing structures varied ...

The United States of America initially consisted of 13 states that had been British colonies until their independence was ... Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. ...

With passage to the Colonies expensive for all but the wealthy, the Virginia Company developed the system of indentured servitude to attract workers. Indentured servants became vital to the ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from ... State House (later Independence Hall), Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution with the famous words: "Resolved ...

The Virginia Gazette often published official announcements ... the Royal Coat of Arms is replaced by a defiant proclamation of unity by the 13 colonies.

The shift from indentured servitude to racial slavery in the British colonies is evident in the development of the colonies' laws. • Virginia, 1639: The first law to exclude "Negroes" from ...