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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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