British America 4544202 225202932 2008-07-12T13:01:20Z 76.64.0.134 /* List of colonies in 1763 */ {{unreferenced|date=November 2007}} ''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]] [[Category:British North America| ]] [[de:Britisch Nordamerika]] [[fr:Amérique du Nord britannique]] [[no:Britisk Nord-Amerika]] [[sv:Brittiska Nordamerika]]