Even though early Americans lived in America, who were they ruled by?

British

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.

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they were ruled by the British. Brainliest please

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