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'''British North America''' consisted of the 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|American independence]].
At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775, the British Empire included 20 colonies north of [[Mexico]]. [[East Florida]] and [[West Florida]] were ceded to [[Spain]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] which ended the American Revolutionary War, 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]]. [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] joined Canada in 1949.
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. 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".
==See also==
* [[British colonization of the Americas]]
* [[British Empire]]
* [[British North America Acts]]
* [[British America]]
* [[British overseas territories]]
* [[British West Indies]]
* [[Dominion of Canada]], [[Canada]]
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