After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June ...

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Virginia, the largest and most populous of the 13 colonies, was the birthplace of renowned Americans including future presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. While early ...

The original 13 colonies entered the Union from 1787 to ... Clause," according to the National Constitution Center. Virginia might have been the first colony but another state holds the title ...

This designation replaced the term “United Colonies,” then in general use. Beginning in March 1776, a series of articles — signed by a “planter” — had appeared in The Virginia Gazette ...

One student and one teacher from each of the original 13 colonies — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia ...

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 ...

Q: Why are so many counties and cities in the original 13 colonies still named after British nobility? Dan Vesco | Haymarket, Virginia It’s hard to say for sure why specific places weren’t ...

Because of the central role of the English colonies in American history, the introduction of the transatlantic slave trade to Virginia is likewise central to this ugly and inescapable part of that ...

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 ...