How were the original 13 colonies governed before they joined together to form one nation

They where new at that whole thing so they made a system that was really bad it wasn't fair and it didn't work for our country

                                    13 colonies                                                                          
1.Virginia/Jamestown 2.Massachusetts 3.New Hampshire 4. Maryland  5.Connecticut  6.Rhode Island 7.Delaware 8.North Carolina 9.South Carolina  10.New York  11.New Jersey 12.Pennsylvania  13.Georgia

Was giving by lincoln on march 4, 1865-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close-lincolns address of 703 words was the second shortest inaugural address-lincoln mentions god 14 times-505 of the words were one syllable -he used the word "war" or it's pronoun 9 times