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For American people of British descent, see British American
British American

British Americans are United States whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from the United Kingdom, i.e. from England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland....
.

British America consisted of the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 in continental North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 in the 17th century and 18th century. British America consisted of the thirteen colonies. Formally, the British Colonies in North America were known as "British America" and the "British West Indies
British West Indies

The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which have been or were at one time colony by the United Kingdom....
" until 1783, when Britain recognized the United States of America as a sovereign nation. After that, "British North America
British North America

British North America consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of United States ....
" (or, simply, "Canada") were used to describe the remainder of Britain's continental North American possessions.






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For American people of British descent, see British American
British American

British Americans are United States whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from the United Kingdom, i.e. from England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland....
.

British America consisted of the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 in continental North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 in the 17th century and 18th century. British America consisted of the thirteen colonies. Formally, the British Colonies in North America were known as "British America" and the "British West Indies
British West Indies

The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which have been or were at one time colony by the United Kingdom....
" until 1783, when Britain recognized the United States of America as a sovereign nation. After that, "British North America
British North America

British North America consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of United States ....
" (or, simply, "Canada") were used to describe the remainder of Britain's continental North American possessions. (The term "British North America" was first used informally in 1783, but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839)
Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839)

The Report on the Affairs of British North America, commonly known as Lord Durham's Report, is an important document in the history of Quebec, Canada and the British Empire....
, called the Durham Report.)

At the start of the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
 in 1775, the British Empire included twenty colonies north and east of New Spain (Present day areas of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 and the Western United States
Western United States

The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West or simply The West—traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost U.S....
). East Florida
East Florida

East Florida was originally a part of Spanish Florida. Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris , which ended the Seven Years' War, Spain ceded all of its territory east and southeast of the Mississippi River to the Kingdom of Great Britain....
 and West Florida
West Florida

West Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history....
 were ceded to Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 in the Treaty of Paris (1783)
Treaty of Paris (1783)

The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784 and by the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784 , formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and United States, which had rebelled against British rule starting in 1775....
 which ended the American Revolution, and then ceded by Spain to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in 1819. All but one of the remaining colonies of British North America joined together from 1867 to 1873 forming Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. Newfoundland
Dominion of Newfoundland

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a Dominion from 1907 to 1949. The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic Ocean coast and comprised the Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland....
 joined Canada in 1949.

List of colonies in 1775

The Thirteen Colonies
Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the original thirteen United States of America in 1783....
 that formed the original United States of America:

  • Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Province of Massachusetts Bay

    The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a British overseas territories chartered October 7, 1691 in North America by William and Mary, the joint monarchs of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland....
  • Province of New Hampshire
    Province of New Hampshire

    The Province of New Hampshire was a British overseas territories organized on October 7, 1691, during the period of British colonization of the Americas....
  • Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
    Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

    Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams , a theologian, nonconformist, and linguist on land gifted by the Narragansett sachem Canonicus....
  • Connecticut Colony
    Connecticut Colony

    The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen....
  • Province of New York
    Province of New York

    The Province of New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie New Netherland by the Kingdom of England, and included all of the present U.S....
  • Province of New Jersey
    Province of New Jersey

    The Province of New Jersey was an English colony that existed within the boundaries of the current U.S. state of New Jersey from 1674 until 1702....
  • Province of Pennsylvania
    Province of Pennsylvania

    The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as Pennsylvania Colony, was a North American colony granted to William Penn on March 4, 1681 by King Charles II of England....
  • Delaware Colony
    Delaware Colony

    Delaware Colony was an English colony in North America. It was part of the Middle Colonies....
  • Province of Maryland
    Province of Maryland

    The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen colonies in establishing the United States and became the U.S....
  • Colony and Dominion of Virginia
    Colony and Dominion of Virginia

    The Colony of Virginia was the English colony in North America that existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution ....
  • Province of North Carolina
    Province of North Carolina

    The Province of North Carolina was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered by eight Lords Proprietors. The province later became the U.S....
  • Province of South Carolina
    Province of South Carolina

    The South Carolina Colony was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663. The colony later became the U.S. state of South Carolina....
  • Province of Georgia
    Province of Georgia

    The Province of Georgia was one of the Southern colonies in British North America. It was the last of the Thirteen original colonies established by Kingdom of Great Britain in what later became the United States....


Colonies that became a part of the British North America
British North America

British North America consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of United States ....
  • Province of Nova Scotia
  • Colony of Newfoundland
    Newfoundland and Labrador

    Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
     (Labrador attached to Newfoundland in 1763)
  • Province of Quebec (Upper Canada
    Upper Canada

    The Province of Upper Canada was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario in Canada. Upper Canada officially existed from 26 December 1791 to 10 February 1841 and generally comprised present-day Southern Ontario and, until 1797, the Upper Peninsula of what is now part of the U.S....
     and Lower Canada
    Lower Canada

    The Province of Lower Canada was a British colonization of the Americas on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ....
     after the Constitutional Act of 1791
    Constitutional Act of 1791

    The Constitutional Act of 1791 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which changed the government of the province of Quebec to accommodate the many English-speaking settlers, known as the United Empire Loyalists, who had arrived from the United States following the American Revolution....
    )
  • Island of St. John
    Prince Edward Island

    Prince Edward Island is a Canada Provinces and territories of Canada consisting of an island of the same name. The Maritimes is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population ....
     (separated from Nova Scotia in 1769, renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798)
  • Rupert's Land
    Rupert's Land

    Rupert's Land, also sometimes called "Prince Rupert's Land", was a territory in British North America, consisting of the List of Hudson Bay rivers, that was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 years from 1670 to 1870....
     (i.e., the Hudson's Bay Land)


Other British Loyalist colonies (1763-1783) that eventually became part of the United States of America, which were ceded by Britain to Spain in 1783:
  • Province of East Florida
    East Florida

    East Florida was originally a part of Spanish Florida. Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris , which ended the Seven Years' War, Spain ceded all of its territory east and southeast of the Mississippi River to the Kingdom of Great Britain....
  • Province of West Florida
    West Florida

    West Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history....


See also

  • British colonisation of the Americas
  • British Empire
    British Empire

    The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
  • British North America Acts
    British North America Acts

    The British North America Acts 1867–1975 are the original names of a series of Act of Parliaments at the core of the constitution of Canada....
  • British North America
    British North America

    British North America consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of United States ....
  • British overseas territories
    British overseas territories

    The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom itself....
  • British West Indies
    British West Indies

    The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which have been or were at one time colony by the United Kingdom....