Thirteen Original Colonies

Every person born and raised in America, within the past half century, has at one time or another heard the song "Fifty Nifty United States"; the song which pounds the memorization of the fifty American states into one's head. If you were to ask any person from the age of ten to thirty, they would most likely be able to recite every single state, alphabetically. Towards the beginning of the brilliant masterpiece, there is a …

…thrown out of their country. But whoever had lived in colonial America at this certain time period would agree that all three regions shared common institutions and philosophies; everyone was there for the same reason. They all wanted some sort of democratic rule and an acceptance of religion. It is ironic how, today, people come to America for the same reasons. Even in present day America, the institutions and philosophies are similar in every region.