British America

English America (later British America) refers to the English territories in North America (including
Bermuda), Central America, the Caribbean, and Guyana from 1607 to 1783. Formally, the British
colonies in North America were known as British America and the British West Indies until 1776, when
the Thirteen Colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard declared their independence and formed the
United States of America.[1] After that, the term British North America was used to describe the
remainder of Britain's continental North American possessions. That 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.

British America gained large amounts of new territory following the Treaty of Paris (1763) which ended
British involvement in the Seven Years' War. At the start of the American War of Independence in 1775,
the British Empire included 20 colonies north and east of New Spain (present-day areas of Mexico and
the Western United States). East and West Florida were ceded to Spain in the Treaty of Paris (1783)
which ended the American Revolution, and then ceded by Spain to the United States in 1819. The
remaining continental colonies of British North America formed the Dominion of Canada by uniting
between 1867 and 1873. The Dominion of Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949.

HISTORY

Main article: English overseas possessions § The Americas

A number of English colonies were established in North America between 1606 and 1670 by individuals
and companies whose investors expected to reap rewards from their speculation. They were granted
commercial charters by King James I, King Charles I, Parliament, and King Charles II. The first permanent
settlement was founded at Jamestown, Virginia by the London Company.

North American colonies in 1775

The Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies formed the original states of the United States of America:

 New England Colonies

 Province of Massachusetts Bay
 Province of New Hampshire
 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
 Connecticut Colony
  Middle Colonies
 Province of New York
 Province of New Jersey
 Province of Pennsylvania
 Delaware Colony

 Southern Colonies
 Province of Maryland
 Colony of Virginia
 Province of North Carolina
 Province of South Carolina
 Province of Georgia

Other British colonies

Other British colonies and territories ruled by Britain from 1763 were later ceded by Britain to Spain (the
Floridas) or the United States (the Indian Reserve and Southwestern Quebec). All this territory
eventually became part of the United States of America:

 Province of East Florida

 Province of West Florida
 Indian Reserve
 Province of Quebec (southwest of the Great Lakes)

The remaining British colonies and territories eventually became part of modern Canada:

 Province of Quebec (northeast of the Great Lakes)

 Province of Nova Scotia
 Island of St. John
 Colony of Newfoundland
 Rupert's Land

Colonies in the Caribbean and South America in 1783

 Divisions of the British Leeward Islands
 Saint Christopher (de facto Capital)
 Antigua
 Barbuda
 British Virgin Islands
 Montserrat
 Nevis
 Anguilla
 Island of Jamaica and its dependencies
 Island of Jamaica
 Settlement of Belize in British Honduras
 Mosquito Coast
 Bay Islands
 Cayman Islands
 Other possessions in the British West Indies
 Colony of the Bahamas
 Colony of Bermuda
 Island of Barbados
 Island of Grenada
 Island of St. Vincent (detached from Grenada in 1776)
 Island of Tobago (detached from Grenada in 1768)
 Island of Dominica (detached from Grenada in 1770)