PNP316579 Map of the Colonies of North America at the time of the Declaration of Independence (colour engraving) by American School; Private Collection; (add.info.: The United States Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states; These colonies constituted: Province of New Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colony of Rhode Island, Conneticut Colony, Province of New York, Province of New Jersey, Province of Pennsylavania, Delaware Colony, Province of Maryland, Colony and Dominion of Virginia, Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina and Province of Georgia;); Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright.