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13 Original Colonies: A Beginner's Guide to Colonial America
Virginia: The first of the 13 American colonies, it grew wealthy from tobacco farming, thanks in part to labor from indentured servants and later enslaved people. Maryland: Founded by Lord ...
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America’s First ‘Viral’ Post Was Published on This Day in 1776, When Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ Sparked a Revolution
The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 colonies to declare ... Love on January 10, 1776. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to the inhabitants of America,” was a 47-page dynamo ...