The Thirteen Colonies

While there were unsuccessful colonies to precede it, the first English-speaking colony to survive was at Jamestown, VA. The last to settle was Georgia, by charter, in 1732. The list below includes the thirteen colonies in chronological order.

• Virginia
  
• Massachusetts
  
• New Hampshire
  
• Maryland
  
• Connecticut
  
• Rhode Island
  
• Delaware
  
• North Carolina
  
• South Carolina
  
• New Jersey
  
• New York
  
• Pennsylvania
  
• Georgia

Want to remember the colonies in order? Memorize a sentence using the first letters of each state in order. Example:

Very many nice men came running down North Street, not needing police guards.

Chart of the thirteen colonies

Profiles of the Colonies