Talk:Thirteen Colonies
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Are the colonies separated into 3 parts: New England, __, and __? --Menchi 07:00, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)
- Found it in a textbook: New E., Middle, and Southern. I'll add them to the article. --Menchi 07:02, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)
- It's an jackass classification, but it is somewhat helpful, so I'm fine with it. Just bear in mind there was no formal distinction, although there were various divisions that drove certain decisions: north vs. south, and large state (especially population) vs. small state, but the 3 part division is reasonably helpful and the most common division made for this period of the United States as far as I can recall. I think the other distinctions I just mentioned are better placed on a US Constitional History page. Daniel Quinlan 08:23, Aug 1, 2003 (UTC)
Specific colony locations
What about linking directly to founding colonies, eg,
Maryland (eg, St. Marie's City)
Massachusetts (eg, Boston_Colony)
Would that be appropriate ?
-- Anon
- I wouldn't link directly, but I would perhaps provide links to articles about each colony history. The history of Massachusetts, for example, goes far beyond the founding colony. Daniel Quinlan 08:00, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)
Why delink colony names?
Any reason for delinking all but four of the colony names? jengod 00:26, Feb 13, 2004 (UTC)
- The ones I delinked have been renamed to a single place which is already in wikipedia (and linked), so the most we'd have is a redundant redirect. Anthony DiPierro 00:28, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- The history of New Jersey is already in the New Jersey article. Anthony DiPierro 14:04, 20 Feb 2004 (UTC)