Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. In 1811, Timothy Pickering ...

Britain’s control of the original 13 colonies, which came into being with the founding of Georgia in 1732, took place in the context of competition among European powers to colonize North America.

THE THIRTEEN COLONIES. By Helen Ainslie Smith ... North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press. 1901. Two volumes, with portraits ...

Georgia is another one named for a King—King George II, of course. George granted the charter in 1733, stipulating that the territory bear his name. It was the last of the 13 colonies.

The original 13 colonies entered the Union from 1787 to 1790, and the remaining 37 were continuously admitted as late as 1959. States are accepted into the U.S. based on Article IV, Section 3 ...