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What are the Thirteen Original States?

By Oz Hater | December 9, 2008

What are the Thirteen Original States?

Certainly everyone learned the 13 original states in second grade but how many people remember them now? Chances are if you are reading this someone already asked you this question and now you need the answer. If you are a child using this for a book report, then congratulations on beating the system and using the Internet to find answers!

13 Original States

Below is a list of the thirteen original States that founded the United States of America.

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

13 Original States Listed in order of Statehood

There is certainly an order to these States, below is a list of when they were ratified as States.

  1. Delaware (1787)
  2. Pennsylvania (1787)
  3. New Jersey (1787)
  4. Georgia (1788)
  5. Connecticut (1788)
  6. Massachusetts (1788)
  7. Maryland (1788)
  8. South Carolina (1788)
  9. New Hampshire (1788)
  10. Virginia (1788)
  11. New York (1788)
  12. North Carolina (1789)
  13. Rhode Island (1790)


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