British Settlements in North America in 1750: The Thirteen Colonies

British Colonial Presence in 1750

By 1750, British settlement centered on the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States:

New England

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine.

Mid-Atlantic

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware.

Southern Colonies

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

These settlements laid the demographic, cultural, and institutional foundations of the future U.S.