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

Father Connor explains why the oldest Catholic churches in New England — St. Patrick’s (1808) in Newcastle, Maine, and Old St. Mary’s (1824) in Claremont, New Hampshire — are about the ...

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.