The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, [2] or the Thirteen American Colonies, [3] were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th centuries, the American Enlightenment led these colonies to revolution, and declaring full independence in July 1776.
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Le Tredici colonie, note anche come "Tredici colonie britanniche" o "Tredici colonie americane," erano un gruppo di colonie del Regno di Gran Bretagna sulla costa atlantica dell'America del Nord, fondate nel XVII e XVIII secolo che dichiararono la propria indipendenza nel 1776, portando alla creazione degli Stati Uniti d'America. Le Tredici ...
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The Thirteen Colonies were colonies in British North America in what is now the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. They were founded for different reasons. Some people thought that they would make a lot of money in new goods in America that could not be found in Europe, such as tobacco.
The governments of the Thirteen Colonies of British America developed in the 17th and 18th centuries under the influence of the British constitution. After the Thirteen Colonies had become the United States, the experience under colonial rule would inform and shape the new state constitutions and, ultimately, the United States ...
The Thirteen Colonies gained independence from Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States as the first nation-state founded on Enlightenment principles of constitutionalism and liberal democracy.