List the 13 colonies and describe why they were so important to the history of the United States?

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Rhode Island New Hampshire and Georgia. These were the original 13 colonies.

The 13 colonies were huge groups of people who migrated to these places, to have freedom (specifically religious freedom) from the British Empire. These 13 colonies were the start of the now know United States