As the 13 colonies became the first 13 states, how did Americans establish governments at the state level? Was each state's government the same?

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Isabell Arias

15 August, 19:02

As the 13 colonies became the first 13 states, how did Americans establish governments at the state level? Was each state's government the same?

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The New England Colonies

New Hampshire Province, chartered as a British colony in 1679

Massachusetts Bay Province chartered as a British colony in1692

Rhode Island Colony chartered as a British colony in 1663

Connecticut Colony chartered as a British colony in 1662

The Middle Colonies

New York Province, chartered as a British colony in 1686

New Jersey Province, chartered as a British colony in 1702

Pennsylvania Province, a proprietary colony established in 1681

Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on the Delaware River), a proprietary colony established in 1664

The Southern Colonies

Maryland Province, a proprietary colony established in 1632

Virginia Dominion and Colony, a British colony established in 1607

Carolina Province, a proprietary colony established 1663

Divided Provinces of North and South Carolina, each chartered as British colonies in 1729

Georgia Province, a British colony established in 1732