Maine may not have technically been one of the original 13 colonies, as it was then part of Massachusetts, but it was actually a center of patriotism during the American Revolution. It had less Loyalist activity than most colonies and was the center of British efforts to occupy parts of the future state, which was to be made into a new colony dubbed “New Ireland.”
Instead of becoming a permanent colony for Loyalists, Maine remained a true part of the soon-to-be-independent United States of America. In June 1819, the District of Maine was officially separated from the rest of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a year later, it became a state as part of the Missouri Compromise — a moment that would eventually lead to
