By the middle of the 18th century there were 13 colonies of England in America along the ___________ coast.
A
Pacific
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B
Atlantic
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C
North Sea
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D
Hudson Bay
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Solution
The correct option is B Atlantic The American colonies were the British colonies that were established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in what is now a part of the eastern United States. The colonies grew both geographically along the Atlantic coast and westward and numerically to 13 from the time of their founding to the American Revolution.