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UPDATE: EAST LANSING - The 13 colonies; Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Founded between 1607 and 1733, these colonies revolted against Great Britain and started the nation.

Edward Jocque, a Professor of Constitutional History at Michigan State University described how the Constitution transformed the colonies.

"We formed the Constitution which gave them equal say, equal representation," said Jocque.

This equality was created based on population and by having two Senators per state.

"They all had different beliefs, they all had different aspects of how they wanted the country to be run," said Jocque in regards to the colonies.

The Constitution changed these mindsets by uniting the colonies under one federal document which established the foundation for the United States.

Jocque said, "The 13 original colonies, the men that wrote the Constitution, they saw this and they realized that the only way that they can overcome the individual huberis or each colony is to have a strong central government."

The representatives created one unified voice.

"They realized that you can't run something with 13 heads. And that was the beauty of it. These 13 colonies with all of their representatives that got together saw this and they did it," said Jocque.

ORIGINAL STORY: EAST LANSING - Can you name the 13 colonies? Find out what these are and how they transformed the United States next week for Constitution Week.