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RM2HJNKTM–The death of General Braddock during the disastrous Braddock expedition, aka Braddock's campaign or Braddock's Defeat, a failed British military expedition which tried to capture the French Fort Duquesne in 1755 during the French and Indian War. Major General Edward Braddock, 1695 – 1755. British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763). From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.
RMCWA59J–A view of Savannah, Georgia as it stood in 1734. Georgia was last founded of the original thirteen colonies.
RMF6WDJ4–United States. New York. 18th century. Protests by the Stamp Act 1765 ordered by the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the thirteen colonies of British America. Engraving. The American Revolution.
RM2BDXFCE–A map showing the flow of goods to and from the Thirteen British Colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Britain exported manufactured goods, textiles, furniture, and luxuries to the Colonies; from the Colonies and the West Indies, they imported sugar, molases, fruit, lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The Colonies exported rum, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and tools to Africa. Slaves, gold and pepper were transported from Africa, while intercolonial trade (to and from the West Indies and the Colonies) included slaves, molasses, sugar,
RF2CCKXDF–During the American Revolution (1775-1783), the Continental Congress (delegates from the original 13 colonies) issued currency to help pay for the war effort. It was known as Continental Currency, and it depreciated rapidly as the war came to an end. This illustration, which dates to the early 1900s shows several Continental bills.
RM2HPT8DH–A small British political propaganda cartoon of 1779 entitled 'The American Generals Doing Nothing, or More than Nothing' at Saratoga Camp. It illustrated the British view of the American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies that gained independence and became the United States of America. Battles of Saratoga proved a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War
RMT3G63D–Declaration of Independence, in Congress July 4th 1776, Text and Signatures within Wreath of Portraits of First Twelve U.S. Presidents and Scenes Representing Thirteen Colonies, Engraved by Geo. G. Smith, Published by Charles Root, Boston, 1850
RMF344A9–Skirmishes at Lexington, the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War fought on April 19, 1775. This and later battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.
RMAAM24M–GROUP OF FOUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS MEN STANDING AROUND CANNON WITH FLAG OF ORIGINAL THIRTEEN COLONIES 1776 GUN CREW
RMGHG6WG–Territorial expansion of the United States. The additions made to the territory of the thirteen colonies and its transformation into territories and states (1901)
RM2AFX63F–. Territorial expansion of the United States. The additions made to the territory of the thirteen colonies and its transformation into territories and states. ?^i. v^ . No. 1.—17iC. Area of the TniRTEEX Coloxies at Date of Revolution.territorialexpan00unit
RMJ54C67–The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters
RF2BGCFHM–Six dollar note of the United Colonies, America, ca 1780, Thirteen Colonies, 13 / Sechs Dollar Note der Vereinigten Kolonien, Amerika, ca 1780, Dreizehn Kolonien, 13, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
RM2HXK771–Illustration of a pine tree shilling which was a type of coin minted and circulated in the thirteen colonies o America, 1652
RM2BACA00–John Hancock, one of the wealthiest merchants in the Thirteen Colonies, was a radical Patriot of the American Revolution. Hancock was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in May 1766. Engraving after a 1765 portrait by John Singleton Copley (BSLOC 2019 4 115)
RMRYAE00–The Curious Zebra Alive from America! Walk in Gem'Men and Ladies, Walk in, Cartoon Shows a Group of Men, Including George Washington Who is Standing to the Right Holding the Tail of the Zebra, and Lord North, Standing on the Left Gripping the Reins, Trying to Guide the Zebra on Whose Stripes Are the Names of the Thirteen Colonies
RM2D84M68–American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Capture of Pensacola. Spanish General Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of Louisiana and commander of the Spanish forces in North America, attacked the British occupied city of Pensacola, Florida. On May 8, 1871, after eighteen years of British occupation of Pensacola, it ended with a British surrender. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amériqu
RMP7C47N–United States. New York. 18th century. Protests by the Stamp Act 1765 ordered by the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the thirteen colonies of British America. Engraving. The American Revolution.
RMEX1HCW–The American flag with thirteen stars representing the thirteen colonies flies from the French frigate L'Hermione berthed on the East River in New York on Friday, July 3, 2015. Hermoine is a replica of the 18th century frigate that brought French General the marquis of Lafayette to America to assist in the war of independence from Britain. It will take part in the July 4th festivities and continue its travels up the East Coast and onto Canada. (© Richard B. Levine)
RM2BDXFBM–A map showing the flow of goods to and from the Thirteen British Colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Britain exported manufactured goods, textiles, furniture, and luxuries to the Colonies; from the Colonies and the West Indies, they imported sugar, molases, fruit, lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The Colonies exported rum, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and tools to Africa. Slaves, gold and pepper were transported from Africa, while intercolonial trade (to and from the West Indies and the Colonies) included slaves, molasses, sugar,
RMFF7HJD–COLONIAL AMERICA MAP. /nA map of the thirteen original American colonies, mid-18th century. Line engraving, late 19th century.
RF2D7C2BW–Map illustrating Concord Fight. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America.
RMKW13GN–An engraving that depicts a group of thirteen trees that were planted by Alexander Hamilton, the thirteen trees represented the thirteen colonies, Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, served as chief staff aide to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, Manhattan, New York, 1880. From the New York Public Library.
RF2GF38AN–American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Ca
RMF344AF–The signing of the American Declaration of Independence, in the Pennsylvania State House. A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that thirteen American colonies at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states no longer a part of the British Empire.
!['Military Uniforms in America', c1770, (1937). The American Revolution was a colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) with the assistance of France. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W6P7WB/military-uniforms-in-america-c1770-1937-the-american-revolution-was-a-colonial-revolt-which-occurred-between-1765-and-1783-the-american-patriots-in-the-thirteen-colonies-defeated-the-british-in-the-american-revolutionary-war-1775-1783-with-the-assistance-of-france-from-quothistory-of-american-costume-book-one-1607-1800quot-by-elisabeth-mcclellan-tudor-publishing-company-new-york-1937-W6P7WB.jpg "'Military Uniforms in America', c1770, (1937). The American Revolution was a colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) with the assistance of France. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937] Stock Photo")
RMW6P7WB–'Military Uniforms in America', c1770, (1937). The American Revolution was a colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) with the assistance of France. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937]
RM2CTXN22–An historical map of the original 13 colonies of the USA. Spain claimed all the land from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, plus the Gulf of Mexico.The Treaty of Paris created a new nation in 1783 and doubled the size of the original 13 colonies, extending itsboundaries to the Mississippi River. Delaware (a slave state) was the 1st state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787, Pennsylvania was the 2nd in December 12th 1787, declaring itself a 'Free State'. Days later Ndew Jersey followed suit.
RMJ547DH–The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters
RMBTJMNA–A view of Savannah, Georgia was it stood in 1734. Georgia was last founded of the original thirteen colonies.
RFHN55DD–HOTEL D-York, Paris France - In this building, on September 3, 1783, the representatives of the United States and the king of England signed the Treaty of Paris by which England recognized the independence of the thirteen colonies - shot August, 2015
RM2H104BW–Oh Heigh Oh or A View of the Back Settlements, 1776. Matthew Darly (British, active 1741-1780), and/or Mary Darly (British, active 1756-1777). Engraving; Satirical prints were very popular in 18th-century England. In 1776 the region that is now Ohio was part of New France. Unlike the thirteen colonies on the eastern seaboard, New France was never effectively colonized and the population remained small. Since the main interest of the French was commercial exploitation (the basis of the economy was the fur trade), communities remained only frontier outposts.
RM2D7WDK3–History of the United States of America, 18th century. British colonies in North America. Loyalist captured and humiliated, being feathered by a group of Sons of Liberty. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.
RMP7NE08–United States. New York. 18th century. Protests by the Stamp Act 1765 ordered by the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the thirteen colonies of British America. Engraving. The American Revolution. Colored.
RF2C6K476–Join or Die by Benjamin Franklin a political cartoon commentary on the disunity of the Thirteen Colonies during the French and Indian War
RM2BEGCYR–A map showing the flow of goods to and from the Thirteen British Colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Britain exported manufactured goods, textiles, furniture, and luxuries to the Colonies; from the Colonies and the West Indies, they imported sugar, molases, fruit, lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The Colonies exported rum, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and tools to Africa. Slaves, gold and pepper were transported from Africa, while intercolonial trade (to and from the West Indies and the Colonies) included slaves, molasses, sugar,
RMFFC8G8–MAP: COLONIAL AMERICA. /nA map of the thirteen original American colonies and neighboring French and Spanish colonial possessions, mid-18th century. Line engraving, late 19th century.
RF2G2HB31–“Robert Benson reading the Constitution April 20, 1777” —so reads the 1888 caption for this illustration, which shows the First New York State Constitution being read to the assembled multitude by Secretary to the Legislature Robert Benson, standing on a barrel.
RF2H0N655–American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Ca
RM2HC5FFF–A late 19th Century illustration of the Battle of Lexington, that with Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America.
RF2HHYJYA–Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr., 1776 -- Map of the Original Thirteen Colonies map, showing the 13 colonies, Indian Tribes, and details dating to 1776
!['Comte de Rochambeau, showing dress of a French officer', 1791, (1937). Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur (1725- 1807) French nobleman and general who assisted the Thirteen Colonies win independence during the American Revolution. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W6P7XP/comte-de-rochambeau-showing-dress-of-a-french-officer-1791-1937-jean-baptiste-donatien-de-vimeur-1725-1807-french-nobleman-and-general-who-assisted-the-thirteen-colonies-win-independence-during-the-american-revolution-from-quothistory-of-american-costume-book-one-1607-1800quot-by-elisabeth-mcclellan-tudor-publishing-company-new-york-1937-W6P7XP.jpg "'Comte de Rochambeau, showing dress of a French officer', 1791, (1937). Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur (1725- 1807) French nobleman and general who assisted the Thirteen Colonies win independence during the American Revolution. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937] Stock Photo")
RMW6P7XP–'Comte de Rochambeau, showing dress of a French officer', 1791, (1937). Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur (1725- 1807) French nobleman and general who assisted the Thirteen Colonies win independence during the American Revolution. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937]
RMPG2N25–Image from page 203 of 'The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters' .
RMJ529B5–The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters
RM2H6B0H9–Pair of Pine Tree Shillings, 1663/82. Coins minted and circulated in the thirteen colonies of North America. The words NEW ENGLAND AN DOM on one side, IN MASATHVSETS and a pine tree on the other. Although the coins were produced every year until 1682, all were stamped with the date of the founding of the mint: 1652.
RMADW8MA–Map showing the thirteen colonies which joined together as the original thirteen states in 1776. Hand-colored woodcut
RMERRDRM–A Betsy Ross flag, representing the 13 original colonies. Memorial Day weekend 2015 in Newport, Rhode Island.
RMHE12EF–The Catholic church in colonial days - the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763 (1886)
RMTXR9AN–Commemorative thirteen star American flag flies in the breeze on a flagpole in a park in New York on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (© Richard B. Levine)
RF2H6H8K0–Thirteen star Betsy Ross flag representing the 13 colonies that fought for independence during the revolutionary war. Minneapolis Minnesota MN USA
RM2HCF8W3–'Treaty of Versailles' (1783). Definitive peace treaty, signed at Versailles on 3 September 1783, between Great Britain, the United States, France and Spain. It meant the end of the American War of Independence. Collection of the Treaties of Peace, Alliance, Commerce adjusted by the Crown of Spain with the Foreign Powers (Colección de los Tratados de Paz, Alianza, Comercio ajustados por la Corona de España con las Potencias Extranjeras). Volume III. Madrid, 1801. Historical Military Library of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
RMER7KXC–Declaration of Independence. A facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, in an ornamental oval frame with medallions of seals of the thirteen original colonies, and medallion portraits of John Hancock, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. Above is
RMRJAB2W–Copy of the United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would now regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these states formed a new nation – the United States of America.
RM2BEGCX7–A map showing the flow of goods to and from the Thirteen British Colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Britain exported manufactured goods, textiles, furniture, and luxuries to the Colonies; from the Colonies and the West Indies, they imported sugar, molases, fruit, lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The Colonies exported rum, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and tools to Africa. Slaves, gold and pepper were transported from Africa, while intercolonial trade (to and from the West Indies and the Colonies) included slaves, molasses, sugar,
RMFF9AKE–PENNYSLVANIA STATE SEAL. /nThe seal of Pennsylvania, one of the original Thirteen States, at the time of the American Revolution.
RF2C17CH2–Seen here in this illustration is Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Convention. Patrick Henry (1736–1799) was an American patriot and orator. He encouraged colonial revolt in the South through his speeches and is well-known for his words, 'Give me liberty, or give me death!'
RM2HCRJXC–A late 19th Century portrait of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 9th president of the United States in 1841. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration, and had the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S president to die in office, and a brief constitutional crisis resulted as presidential succession was not then fully defined in the United States Constitution. Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies.
RMPGDG2G–Image from page 101 of 'The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters' .
RMJ52T52–Image taken from page 219 of 'The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters'
RMP4XGTJ–American Declaration of Independence. Act adopted in the city of Philadelphia by representatives of the thirteen British colonies in North America, which proclaimed their separation from Britain and constituted into the U.S. (July 4, 1776). Relief. Boston. Massachusetts. United States.
RMTXR9BP–Commemorative thirteen star American flag flies in the breeze on a flagpole in a park in New York on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (© Richard B. Levine)
RMWK133H–Independence declared 1776. The Union must be preserved Abstract: A memorial to the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution, with distinctly pro-Democratic overtones. Below the title Independence Declared are bust portraits of the first eight Presidents, with Jackson and Van Buren joining hands. Beneath them is a scroll with Andrew Jackson's famous toast, The Union Must be Preserved. Below stands George Washington, in uniform and holding a scroll inscribed We declare ourselves free and independent. He faces thirteen soldiers, representing the original American colonies, who are
RM2DCBXDF–American Revolutionary War. Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 - March 17, 1776). Departure of the British fleet. On March 17, 1776, British forces were forced to evacuate the city of Boston following General George Washington’s successful placement of fortifications and artillery on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks Boston fom the south. Engraving by Petit. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850. Later colouration.
RMRJAB9A–William Stone, 1823 facsimile of the United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would now regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these states formed a new nation – the United States of America.
RMG14TJR–Henry speaking at the First Continental Congress. The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Congress wa
RMFG08DP–FRANKLIN: NOTES, c1775. /nBenjamin Franklin's marginal notes in a political pamphlet about taxation in the American colonies.
RF2F3D6F6–This 1840s illustration shows General Kosciusko. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, English Thaddeus Kosciusko, Polish in full Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko (1746-1817) was a Polish army officer and statesman who gained fame both for his role in the American Revolution and for his leadership of a national insurrection in his homeland.
RMGJE4X4–The Catholic church in colonial days - the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763 (1886)
RFM53PFB–1783 Delamarche Atlas Map - United States of America - Original 13 Colonies 1783 Peace Treaty - American Revolution
RMPF11F6–Image from page 428 of 'The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters'
RMJ55912–Image taken from page 85 of 'The Old Northwest, with a view of the thirteen colonies as constituted by the Royal Charters'
RMHX3F0T–The Articles of Confederation, binding the thirteen former colonies as a league of sovereign states, 1781. Image courtesy National Archives.
RMMW2K6T–A Betsy Ross flag, representing the 13 original colonies. Memorial Day weekend 2015 in Newport, Rhode Island.
RMWAPNGA–Declaration of Independence Abstract: A facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, in an ornamental oval frame with medallions of seals of the thirteen original colonies, and medallion portraits of John Hancock, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. Above is an eagle with shield, olive branch, and arrows, holding a streamer reading E Pluribus Unum. An incomplete state of the print was deposited for copyright by John Binns on November 4, 1818. It was accompanied by a prospectus card which describes the print thus: A Splendid Edition of the Declaration of Independence. The Design in imitat
