Robin Burden answered
There were a number of rivers running through the original 13 colonies. At that time, the most prominent of these would have been the Hudson River.
The rivers of the 13 colonies The term, "Thirteen Colonies" refers to the states that were founded by British colonizers. The rivers that crossed through these included:
Remember that, when colonists first came to America, they were expecting to find a passage to Asia - and had little idea of the geography of the United States.
They arrived with their boats, and initially traveled inland via the Hudson River.
To work out which rivers would have been important to the Thirteen Colonies that developed in the United States, you need only look at a map of the states in question.
The original 13 states were:
The rivers of the 13 colonies The term, "Thirteen Colonies" refers to the states that were founded by British colonizers. The rivers that crossed through these included:
- Hudson River
- Susquehanna River
- James River
- Connecticut River
- Potomac River
- Merrimack River
- Delaware River
- Roanoke River
Remember that, when colonists first came to America, they were expecting to find a passage to Asia - and had little idea of the geography of the United States.
They arrived with their boats, and initially traveled inland via the Hudson River.
To work out which rivers would have been important to the Thirteen Colonies that developed in the United States, you need only look at a map of the states in question.
The original 13 states were:
- Delaware
- Pennsylvania
- New York
- New Jersey
- Georgia
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Massachusetts Bay
- New Hampshire
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Virginia
