Books in 13 Colonies series

Where in Pennsylvania was the First Continental Congress held? Who was William Penn? How did the Quakers come to get their name? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘Pennsylvania’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

For whom was Georgia named? Which war was known as the War of Jenkin’s Ear? Where was the original state capital? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘Georgia’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

Who introduced indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina? What is Gullah? Who were the sons of liberty? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘South Carolina’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

For whom was Georgia named? Which war was known as the War of Jenkin’s Ear? Where was the original state capital? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘Georgia’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

Where is New Hampshire’s oldest building? What were the ‘New Hampshire Grants’? Which was New Hampshire’s major seaport in Colonial times? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘New Hampshire’, a book about one of the original thirteen col

When was the first permanent European settlement started in Delaware? What is Delaware’s longest border? Who where the Lords Baltimore? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘Delaware’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

Where in Pennsylvania was the First Continental Congress held? Who was William Penn? How did the Quakers come to get their name? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘Pennsylvania’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

What is Maryland’s most important natural feature? When did English settlers first arrive in Maryland? Who were the Lords Baltimore? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘Maryland’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

Provides a history of Virginia from before the arrival of European explorers in the sixteenth century to its statehood in 1788.

What were the ‘Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina’? When did North and South Carolina officially become two separate colonies? Why was North Carolina’s coast favored by pirates? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘North Carolina’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

Who was Peter Stuyvestant? Where did the Dutch East India Company first build a trading post in New York? For whom was New York named? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘New York’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.

When was Princeton University founded? For whom was the Delaware River and bay named? What was the name of the original Dutch town at the site of Jersey City? Find the answers to these and many other questions in ‘New Jersey’, a book about one of the original thirteen colonies.