British America
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''For American people of British descent, see [[British American]].''
[[Image:British North America.png|thumb| British Colonies gained from North America, including those taken from France.]]
'''British America''' consisted of the [[British Empire]] in continental [[North America]] in the 18th century and 19th century. Formally, the British Colonies in North America were known as "British America" and the "[[British West Indies]]" until 1783, and after that, "British North America" and the "British West Indies". 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)]], called the Durham Report.
At the start of the [[American Revolution]] in 1775, the British Empire included twenty colonies north and east of [[Viceroyalty of New Spain|New Spain]] (Present day areas of [[Mexico]] and the [[Western United States]]). [[East Florida]] 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. All but one of the remaining colonies of British North America joined together from 1867 to 1873 forming the [[Canada|Dominion of Canada]]. [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] joined Canada in 1949.
==List of colonies in 1763==
The [[Thirteen Colonies]] that formed the original United States of America:
* [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]
* [[Province of New Hampshire]]
* [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
* [[Connecticut Colony]]
* [[Province of New York]]
* [[Province of New Jersey]]
* [[Province of Pennsylvania]]
* [[Delaware Colony]]
* [[Province of Maryland]]
* [[Colony and Dominion of Virginia]]
* [[Province of North Carolina]]
* [[Province of South Carolina]]
* [[Province of Georgia]]
Colonies that became a part of the [[British North America]]
* [[Province of Nova Scotia]]
* [[Province of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
* [[Province of Quebec]], ([[Upper Canada]] and [[Lower Canada]] after the [[Constitutional Act of 1791]])
* [[Province of Prince Edward Island]] (known as the Island of St. John until 1798)
* [[Rupert's Land]] (i.e., the Hudson's Bay Land)
Other British Loyalist colonies (1763-1783) that eventually became part of the United States of America:
* Province of [[East Florida]]
* Province of [[West Florida]]
==See also==
* [[British colonisation of the Americas]]
* [[British Empire]]
* [[British North America Acts]]
* [[British North America]]
* [[British overseas territories]]
* [[British West Indies]]
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