Great Britain ruled the 13 original American Colonies.
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The Great Britain controlled most of them, but the Dutch had what is now New York for a long time.
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The mother country of the thirteen original colonies was Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence is the document where the original American colonies asserted their independence from Great Britain. It was created in 1776.
The 13 original colonies were "colonies" because they were territories of the country of Great Britain. They became states when they declared independence from GB.