British colonies in North America

British North America
Colonies of Great Britain (1783–1800) Colonies of the United Kingdom (1801–1907)
1783–1907
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Capital		Administered from London, England
Languages		English, French, Gaelic
Religion		Anglicanism
Political structure		Affiliated British territories
Monarch
•	1783–1820	George III
•	1820–1830	George IV
•	1830–1837	William IV
•	1837–1901	Victoria
•	1901–1907	Edward VII
History
•	Treaty of Paris	1783
•	Treaty of 1818	1818
•	British North America Act	1867
•	Rupert's Land Act	1868
•	British Columbia Terms of Union	1871
•	Prince Edward Island Terms of Union	1873
•	1907 Colonial Conference	1907
Currency		Pound sterling, Canadian pound, Canadian dollar
Preceded by Succeeded by British America Canada Dominion of Newfoundland
Today part of		Canada  United States

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 United States

British North America refers to the former territories of the British Empire in mainland North America. The term was first used informally in 1783, but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. These territories today form modern-day Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

British colonization of North America (including colonization by both the English and the Scots), began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas.

In 1775, on the eve of the American Revolution, the British Empire included 20 territories in the Western Hemisphere northeast of New Spain. These colonies were:

Britain had acquired Quebec from France and East and West Florida from Spain by the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the Seven Years' War.

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