My 13 Colonies

Connecticut Colony

• Date of Statehood: January 9, 1788

• Capital: Hartford

• Population: 3,574,097 (2010)

• Size: 5,544 square miles

• Nickname(s): Constitution State; Nutmeg State; Land of Steady Habits; Provisions State

• Motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet (“He who transplanted still sustains”)

• Tree: White Oak

• Flower: Mountain Laurel

• Bird: American Robin

Georgia Colony

• Capital: Atlanta

• Population: 9,687,653 (2010)

• Size: 59,425 square miles

• Nickname(s): Peach State; Empire State of the South

• Motto: Wisdom, Justice and Moderation

• Tree: Live Oak

• Flower: Cherokee Rose

• Bird: Brown Thrasher

Maryland Colony • Capital: Annapolis

• Population: 5,773,552 (2010)

• Size: 12,406 square miles

• Nickname(s): Old Line State; Free State; Cockade State; Oyster State; Monumental State

• Motto: Fatti Maschii Parole Femine (“Strong Deeds, Gentle Words”)

• Tree: White Oak

• Flower: Black-Eyed Susan

• Bird: Baltimore Oriole

Massachusetts (included Maine)

• Capital: Boston

• Population: 6,547,629 (2010)

• Size: 10,554 square miles

• Nickname(s): Bay State

• Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (“By the sword we seek peace, but peace only underliberty”)

• Tree: American Elm

• Flower: Mayflower

• Bird: Chickadee

New Jersey Colony • Capital: Trenton

• State abbreviation/Postal code: N.J./NJ

• Governor: Chris Christie, R (to Jan. 2018)

• Senators: Robert Menendez, D (to Jan. 2019); Cory Booker, D (to Jan. 2015)

• U.S. Representatives: 12

• Historical biographies of Congressional members

• Entered Union (rank): Dec. 18, 1787 (3)

• Present constitution adopted: 1947

• Motto: Liberty and prosperity

• State symbols:

New York Colony

• Date of Statehood: July 26, 1788

• Capital: Albany

• Population: 19,378,102 (2010)

• Size: 54,555 square miles

• Nickname(s): Empire State

• Motto: Excelsior (“Ever Upward”)

• Tree: Sugar Maple

• Flower: Rose

• Bird: Bluebird

New Hampshire Colony

• Date of Statehood: June 21, 1788

• Capital: Concord

• Population: 1,316,470 (2010)

• Size: 9,348 square miles

• Nickname(s): Granite State; Mother of Rivers; White Mountain State; Switzerland of America

• Motto: Live Free or Die

• Tree: White Birch

• Flower: Purple Lilac

• Bird: Purple Finch

North Carolina Colony

• Capital: Raleigh

• Population: 9,535,483 (2010)

• Size: 53,819 square miles

• Nickname(s): Old North State; Tar Heel State

• Motto: Esse Quam Videri (“To Be Rather Than to Seem”)

• Tree: Pine

• Flower: Dogwood

• Bird: Cardinal

Pennsylvania Colony

• Date of Statehood: December 12, 1787

• Capital: Harrisburg

• Population: 12,702,379 (2010)

• Size: 46,055 square miles

• Nickname(s): Keystone State

• Motto: Virtue, Liberty and Independence

• Tree: Hemlock

• Flower: Mountain Laurel

• Bird: Ruffed Grouse

Rhode Island Colony

• Date of Statehood: May 29, 1790

• Capital: Providence

• Population: 1,052,567 (2010)

• Size: 1,545 square miles

• Nickname(s): Ocean State; Little Rhody; Plantation State; Smallest State; Land of Roger Williams; Southern Gateway of New England

• Motto: Hope

• Tree: Red Maple

• Flower: Violet

• Bird: Rhode Island Red

South Carolina Colony

• Date of Statehood: May 23, 1788

• Capital: Columbia

• Population: 4,625,364 (2010)

• Size: 32,021 square miles

• Nickname(s): Palmetto State

• Motto: Dum Spiro Spero (While I Breathe, I Hope)

• Tree: Palmetto

• Flower: Yellow Jessamine

• Bird: Carolina Wren

Virginia Colony

• Capital: Richmond • Population: 8,001,024 (2010)• Size: 42,775 square miles• Nickname(s): Old Dominion; Mother of

Presidents; Mother of States; Mother of Statesmen; Cavalier State

• Motto: Sic Semper Tyrannis• Tree: American Dogwood• Bird: Northern Cardinal