British North America 219386 223018868 2008-07-02T05:34:46Z Zorrobot 7218328 robot Modifying: [[de:Britisch-Nordamerika]] {{unreferenced|date=November 2007}} '''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]] <br> {{New France}} [[Category:British North America| ]] [[de:Britisch-Nordamerika]] [[es:Norteamérica británica]] [[fr:Amérique du Nord britannique]] [[it:America britannica]] [[no:Britisk Nord-Amerika]] [[sv:Brittiska Nordamerika]] [[zh:英屬北美]]