Which state was the largest in the Thirteen Colonies?

Answer 1

Although not settled until 1733, nearly a century after Massachusetts was established, Georgia was the largest of the original thirteen colonies, with a land area of 59,425 square miles.

The thirteen colonies, or order of size are: # Georgia..........................59,425 square miles # New York.......................54,556 # North Carolina................53,819 # Pennsylvania..................46,055 # Massachusetts................46,000* (until 1820, when most of the land became Maine)

# Virginia...........................42,774 # South Carolina................32,020 # Maryland.........................12,407 # New Hampshire.................9,350* (today Massachusetts would be 9th, with a land area of 10,555 sq. mi.) # New Jersey........................8,721 # Connecticut.......................5,543 # Delaware...........................2,489 # Rhode Island......................1,545

Answer 2

Virginia had 800,000 people but half of which were slaves and werent considered the population or it was one of the issues in the constitutional meeting in which the states voted on. But anyways so Virginia really had 400,000 and Pennsylvania had the most with 450,000 then Massachusetts with 400,000 (tied with Virginia.)

Answer 3

NYC. Even in the 1700's it had more people than most colonies and cities and a large number of the population was foreign born. Even as late as 1830 60% of the city did not speak English.

Answer 4

New York.