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Martin Van Buren, in rwo senses.

He was the first US President born after independence, and being of Dutch stock, also the first to be of non-British descent.

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Lincoln, born in KY, was the first not born in one of the 13 original states.

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Andrew Jackson , the 7th president, was born in South Carolina. The first six were all born in Virginia or Massachusetts.

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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. In 1792, Kentucky had become the 15th state to join the Union.

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How many states when country began?

When the U.S. was first formed, the thirteen colonies became the thirteen original states.


Is Pennsylvania the thirteen original colonies?

Philadelphia is a city, not a state. It is the capital of Pennsylvania, which was one of the first 13 states.


What individual problems did the original 13 colonies face?

The Thirteen original colonies had a number of problems. First was currency, as a colony they used British currency. During the war, the printed Continental currency to pay for the war. However, after the war, states began printing their own currency, causing confusion and inconsistency. The Constitution moved to stop states from printing their own currency and coinage. Sovereign power to the Thirteen Original Colonies led to confusion, demagoguery, and inconsistencies, this is why the Articles of Confederation failed. There was no presiding power that could regulate trade between the original colonies, or their trade to foreign countries. There was no system of settling disputes between the Thirteen Original Colonies. There was no power to tax the states or people to support the new government, and the Thirteen Original Colonies had dissolved into complete economic disorganization.


What of the thirteen colonies was not represented at the meeting of the first continental congress?

Georgia


What do the thirteen stripes on the american flag stand for?

Th thirteen stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that rebelled against the British monarchy to become the first states of the Union.

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What were the colonies that took over the 13 original colonies?

The thirteen original colonies became the first thirteen states in The United States of America.


What was the name of the first of the original thirteen colonies?

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How many states when country began?

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How did the original thirteen colonies get added to the Union?

They where the the union, they where the first US citizens after the revolution.


First president born out of the thirteen original states?

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be born outside of the original 13 states. He was born in Kentucky.


Which came first the revolutionary war or the thirteen colonies?

The thirteen colonies. When we won the war, the colonies became the first thirteen states.


When America was made how many states did it have?

The original thirteen colonies became the first (thirteen) states. Check out the related link listed below to see the original Betsy Ross flag featuring thirteen stars!


What does 13 stars on a flag mean?

They represented the original thirteen colonies which first became the United States of America.


Was Texas one of the original colonies?

No. The thirteen colonies were on the east coast. The west had not even been explored by the British settlers-although the Spanish had been there for a century. The Battle of the Alamo took place in 1836 and Texas became a state in 1845.


What state was not one the original-thirteen colonies Delaware noth Carolina Kentucky Virginia?

Kentucky was not one of the original thirteen colonies that became states. The thirteen colonies were (from north to south) New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. If you look at a map, you can see that every one of the original thirteen states bordered on the Atlantic Ocean, which made them among the first areas to be settled Kentucky is west of the original colonies, not on the ocean, and was settled later.