{"data":{"description":"in 1607 early America’s colonies enjoyed a slow but steady growth","title":"13 Colonies","post_type":"page","content":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eFrom the \u003cstrong\u003efirst settlement at Jamestown\u003c/strong\u003e in 1607 early America's colonies enjoyed a slow but steady growth. Most of the colonies' population — approximately 2,500,000 by 1775 — lived east of the Allegheny mountains.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eTeachers \u0026 Students: \u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/rare-images/\"\u003eFree Downloads of Rare Scenes\u003c/a\u003e Of Early America's People, Places \u0026 Events!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFrom the first settlement at Jamestown in 1607 early America's colonies enjoyed a slow but steady growthA majority of the colonists were English or of English descent. Nearly all spoke English. Second in numbers were the Germans in Pennsylvania, the Dutch in New York, and the Irish and Scotch-Irish who had settled to some extent throughout all of the colonies.\n\u003cdiv class=\"picdivright\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/maps/maps/enlargement-map-13-colonies/\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"imgright alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/13colonies1775maps75icon.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the 13 American colonies\" width=\"158\" height=\"250\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eClick map for larger view\u003c/div\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eA witty Frenchman at the time observed that the people of England reminded him of a barrel of their own beer — froth on the top, dregs at the bottom, but clear and sound in the middle. It was a fact that the greater part of the emigrants who settled early America were from that energetic, industrious middle-class.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAs such, none of the colonies had a titled aristocracy holding land. The colonies had men of intelligence and wealth, but no lords. Learned and influential clergymen, but no bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal thirteen colonies\u003c/strong\u003e were Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}