How many colonies colonies when the war broke out
There were thirteen colonies when the war brokeout. There were 13 new England colonies and they were Virginia, Plymouth Colony ,New York, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Rhode Island , Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia. The rest like California or Florida were taken by the French, Spainards and Germany or something like that. In that time everyone wanted America. The thirteen colonies had a very similar legal system. There were mostly protestant English speaking colonist.