What is Thirteen Colonies?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Thirteen Colonies | common_name = Thirteen Colonies | life_span = 1607–1776 | status = Colonies | status_text = | empire = Britain | government_type = Various [[Colonial charters in the Thirteen Colonies|colonial arrangements]] | event_pre = [[Roanoke Colony]] | date_pre = 1585 | event_start = [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia Colony]] | year_start = 1607 | event1 = [[Plymouth Council for New England|New England]] | date_event1 = 1620 | event2 = [[Rhode Island Royal Charter]] | date_event2 = 1663 | event3 = [[New Netherland]] ceded to [[Kingdom of England|England]] | date_event3 = 1667 | event4 = [[Peace of Utrecht|Treaty of Utrecht]] | date_event4 = 1713 | event5 = [[Province of Georgia]] | date_event5 = 1732 | event6 = [[French and Indian War]] | date_event6 = 1754–1763 | event7 = [[Continental Association|Articles of Association]] | date_event7 = 1774 | event8 = [[United States Declaration of Independence|Independence declared]] | date_event8 = 1776 | event_end = [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] | year_end = 1783 | p1 = Pre-colonial North America | p2 = New Netherland | flag_p2 = Statenvlag.svg | s1 = United Colonies | flag_s1 = Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg | flag_type = [[Red Ensign#Flag of British America|Flag of British America]] (1707–1775)<br>[[Flag of the United States|Flag of Thirteen Colonies]] (1776–1777) | image_flag = Colonial-Red-Ensign.svg | image_flag2 = Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg | national_anthem = [[God Save the King]]<br />