They were known as the original 13 colonies.
What were the 13 original colonies called before before they were states?"
They were originally called the 13 colonies.MassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticutNew HampshireNew YorkPennsylvaniaNew JerseyDelawareMarylandVirginiaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaGeorgia
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They were : New York, Virginia, Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, north and south Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, new jersey and Maryland.
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They were not called anything. Before the land was colonized it was in the hands of various Native American tribes. For the most part the "states" name, is what the colony name was. For example Pennsylvania.... Is the colony name... Penn's Woods. New York, New Jersey.... were named by the people who settled (colonized) the area, they were from York and Jersey.