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The Colonial Beginnings
An Extension of England. Several European powers vied for control of the area now known as the United States during the first few centuries of European exploration and development of the North American continent. By the 1760's, however, England had gained control over the Eastern third of the area. Settlement was concentrated along the Atlantic coast. Thirteen separate colonies had been organized, which were later to become American states: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. By the time of the American Revolution in 1775, the area that would become Vermont was also functioning as an independent state.
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