Question

As the 13 colonies became the first 13 states, how did Americans establish governments at the state level? Was each state’s government the same?

Answer 1

The New England Colonies
New Hampshire Province, chartered as a British colony in 1679
Massachusetts Bay Province chartered as a British colony in1692
Rhode Island Colony chartered as a British colony in 1663
Connecticut Colony chartered as a British colony in 1662
The Middle Colonies
New York Province, chartered as a British colony in 1686
New Jersey Province, chartered as a British colony in 1702
Pennsylvania Province, a proprietary colony established in 1681
Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on the Delaware River), a proprietary colony established in 1664
The Southern Colonies
Maryland Province, a proprietary colony established in 1632
Virginia Dominion and Colony, a British colony established in 1607
Carolina Province, a proprietary colony established 1663
Divided Provinces of North and South Carolina, each chartered as British colonies in 1729
Georgia Province, a British colony established in 1732