The Thirteen Colonies were built by a diverse workforce including skilled laborers, indentured servants, enslaved people, and criminals, in stark contrast to modern labor practices.

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

The two volumes have been prepared for the purpose of telling the story of the American Colonies in a manner that would meet the requirements of the general reader rather than those of the special ...

July 4, 2012 -- 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 (in the order of their founding).

Delaware 502 Pilottown Rd, Lewes DE For sale: $995,000 Built: 1786 Delaware was not only one of the 13 colonies but was also the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

However, the declaration's famous words did not apply to everyone in the thirteen colonies, such as enslaved people, Indigenous populations and other groups. Why do we have fireworks?

Students will be introduced to the 13 colonies and they'll learn how people dressed.

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 ...

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 ...

And, a bonus: Vermont, which was not one of the 13 colonies, is named because, after seeing the Green Mountains, Samuel de Champlain referred to it as "Verd Mont" (green mountains) on a map in his ...

CAMBRIDGE — The subjects of the 44 photographs in Wendel A. White ’s “Manifest: Thirteen Colonies” range in date from the 1700s to early in this century. The show runs at Harvard’s ...

Thirteen colonies become the United States of America, Sept. 9, 1776 Independence Hall, as seen in Philadelphia in May 2016, was the site of the Second Continental Congress. | AP Photo ...