Discover the 13 American colonies, their establishment by Great Britain, diverse characteristics, and their journey to unity ...

Read on for the full scoop on it and the other 12 original colonies. 1. NEW HAMPSHIRE. This New England colony started out as the Province of New ... It was the last of the 13 colonies. 9. VIRGINIA.

The two men who almost derailed New England’s first colonies ... Worse still, in 1636 the Puritans and Pilgrims went to war against the Pequots, whose homeland was in southern Connecticut.

The Pilgrims were thankful for finally being able to vanquish Thomas Morton and Ferdinando Gorges, who spent years trying to undermine the legal basis for settlements in Massachusetts and beyond.