50 Facts You Learned at School That Are Not Real

THERE WERE 13 ORIGINAL AMERICAN COLONIES UNDER BRITISH RULE

Anyone educated in America knows the 13 stripes on the American flag represent the 13 original colonies. But there were only 12 at the start of the revolution, as Delaware was part of Pennsylvania until June 15, 1776, when the Assemblies of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declared themselves free of both Great Britain and Pennsylvania. Also, Britain had two loyalist Florida colonies that didn’t take part in the revolution.

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