• The British colonies sprang up on the Eastern part of the present day USA. They were promoted by chartered companies and were approved by British Crown.
• In 1607, the Virginia Company of London granted by King James I, made the first Permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia.
• These colonies were divided into three regions which included the New England Colonies (Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island), the Middle Colonies (Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania), and the Southern Colonies (Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, south Carolina, Virginia).
• By 1760, England and Scotland had united into the Kingdom of Great Britain. Their settlements in North America had grown to thirteen thriving colonies.

These colonies shared strong cultural, economic and political ties to the mother country. Each colony enjoyed a certain amount of autonomy (i.e., self-Governance)