How Did The Thirteen Colonies Start

What were the thirteen colonies? The thirteen colonies were a large group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the united states of America. By doing this the colonies had to go through many trials like departing from Great Britain the ones that founded them, mercantilism, slavery and many more trials like all of the battles we had to fight in to get not only our independence but equality to become a better nation as one. The thirteen colonies started out with Southern and some Northern colonies such as Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina , South Carolina and Georgia. Then some of the New England Colonies such as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and also Connecticut. Some products these colonies produced were tobacco, indigo, rice, farm products, furs, lumber, fish, furs, ships and livestock. These colonies had important events they had to get through to become better. Bacon’s rebellion, …show more content…
King Philip’s war was an armed conflict. It was a war between American Indian inhabitants of present day New England and English colonists and their Indian allies in 1675 to 1678. King Philips war was located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine. It lasted from June 1675 to August 1678 . King Philips war was known as the “Great Narragansett”, according to King Philip’s war by Jason W. Warren. It was also known as the bloodiest war per capita. According to King.com,” King Philips war begins with a band of Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swanese, Massachusetts, and the massacre the English colonists there.” The ending result was heavy losses by Natives resulted in the development of more English settlements in New England. Another ending result was over 600 colonists and 3,00 Indians were killed during King Philip’s War and Indian captives were sold into