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For the British Empire s colonial territories in North America after 1783 see British North America British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire which became the British Empire after the 1707 union of the Kingdom of England with the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain in the Americas from 1607 to 1783 Prior to the union this was termed English America excepting Scotland s failed attempts to establish its own colonies Following the union these colonies were formally known as British America and the British West Indies before the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence in the American Revolutionary War 1775 1783 and formed the United States of America 2 British America andthe British West Indies 1 1585 1783Top Flag of Great Britain Bottom Colonial Red Ensign Royal coat of armsBritish colonies in continental North America red and the island colonies of the British West Indies of the Caribbean Sea pink StatusColonies of England 1585 1707 Colonies of Scotland 1629 1632 Colonies of Great Britain 1707 1783 CapitalAdministered from London EnglandCommon languagesEnglish de facto official Spoken languages English German French Spanish Dutch Swedish Finnish Welsh Cornish Irish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic Manks Ojibwe Indigenous languages West African languages spoken among the imported African slaves in the beginning ReligionAnglicanism Protestantism Lutheranism Roman Catholicism Judaism Native American religions Traditional African religions Sunni Islam practiced by some West African slaves in the beginning Demonym s British AmericanGovernmentConstitutional monarchyMonarch 1607 1625James VI and I first 1760 1783George III last History Colony of Virginia1585 Newfoundland Colony and Province of Avalon1610 Bermuda1614 Plymouth Council for New England Massachusetts Bay Colony 1620 Province of Maryland1632 Colony of Jamaica1655 Rupert s Land1670 Treaty of Utrecht1713 Treaty of Paris French and Indian War 1763 American Revolutionary War1775 1783 Treaty of Paris1783CurrencyPound sterling Spanish dollar bills of credit commodity money and many local currenciesPreceded by Succeeded byNew FranceNew NetherlandNew SwedenSpanish Florida British North AmericaConfederation periodSpanish FloridaBritish West IndiesAfter the American Revolution the term British North America was used to refer to the remainder of Great Britain s possessions in North America The term British North America was used in 1783 but it was more commonly used after the Report on the Affairs of British North America 1839 generally known as the Durham Report Contents 1 History 2 North American colonies in 1775 3 Colonies in the Caribbean Mid Atlantic and South America in 1783 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditMain article English overseas possessions The Americas Further information First British Empire British map of North America 1710 by John Senex Charles Price and John Maxwell A number of English colonies were established in America between 1607 and 1670 by individuals and companies whose investors expected to reap rewards from their speculation They were granted commercial charters by Kings James I Charles I and Charles II as well as Parliament The London Company founded the first permanent settlement in 1607 on the James River at Jamestown Virginia upstream from Chesapeake Bay This was followed in 1620 when the Pilgrims established the Plymouth settlement in New England English Catholics settled the Province of Maryland in 1634 under Cecilus Calvert second Lord Baltimore A state department in London known as the Southern Department governed all the colonies beginning in 1660 as well as a committee of the Privy Council called the Board of Trade and Plantations In 1768 Parliament created a specific state department for America but it was disbanded in 1782 when the Home Office took responsibility for the remaining possessions of British North America in Eastern Canada the Floridas and the West Indies 3 British America gained large amounts of territory with the Treaty of Paris of 1763 which ended the French and Indian War in America and the Seven Years War in Europe At the start of the American Revolutionary War in 1775 the British Empire included 23 colonies and territories on the North American continent The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the Revolutionary War and Britain lost much of this territory to the newly formed United States In addition Britain ceded East and West Florida to the Kingdom of Spain which in turn ceded them to the United States in 1821 Most of the remaining colonies to the north formed Canada in 1867 with the Dominion of Newfoundland joining in 1949 In the Caribbean the British West Indies and other European sugar colonies were at the center for the Atlantic slave trade 4 5 North American colonies in 1775 EditThe Thirteen Colonies that became the original states of the United States New England ColoniesProvince of Massachusetts Bay Province of New Hampshire Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 6 7 Connecticut Colony dd A view of Fort George and the city of New Yorkc 1731 Middle ColoniesProvince of New York Province of New Jersey Province of Pennsylvania Delaware Colony dd Southern ColoniesProvince of Maryland Colony of Virginia Province of North Carolina Province of South Carolina Province of Georgia dd Colonies and territories that became part of Canada Province of Quebec northeast of the Great Lakes including Labrador until 1791 Nova Scotia including New Brunswick until 1784 Island of St John Colony of Newfoundland Rupert s Land North Western Territory British Arctic TerritoriesColonies and territories that were ceded to Spain or the United States in 1783 Province of East Florida Spanish 1783 1823 U S after 1823 Province of West Florida Spanish 1783 1823 U S after 1823 Indian Reserve U S after 1783 Province of Quebec southwest of the Great Lakes U S after 1783 Colonies in the Caribbean Mid Atlantic and South America in 1783 EditBermuda Divisions of the British Leeward IslandsSaint Christopher de facto capital Antigua Barbuda British Virgin Islands Montserrat Nevis Anguilla dd Island of Jamaica and its dependenciesIsland of Jamaica Settlement of Belize in British Honduras Mosquito Coast Bay Islands Cayman Islands dd Other possessions in the British Windward IslandsIsland of Barbados Island of Grenada Island of St Vincent Island of Tobago detached from Grenada in 1768 Island of Dominica detached from Grenada in 1770 dd See also Edit British Empire portal History portal Canada portal North America portal United States portal Caribbean portalEvolution of the British Empire British colonization of the Americas Colonial history of the United States Former colonies and territories in Canada British colonization of Australia British colonization of New Zealand British North America Acts British overseas territoriesReferences Edit Formerly called English America before the Act of Union in 1707 Rights Thomas Jefferson A Summary View of the Rights of British America press pubs uchicago edu Foulds Nancy Brown Colonial Office The Canadian Encyclopedia Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 7 July 2018 Lambert David An introduction to the Caribbean empire and slavery British Library Retrieved 19 May 2022 Swingen Abigail L 2015 The Slave Trade the Asiento and the National Interest 1698 1718 Yale Scholarship Online Yale University Press doi 10 12987 yale 9780300187540 001 0001 ISBN 9780300187540 Retrieved 19 May 2022 Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 sos ri gov Secretary of State of Rhode Island Retrieved 14 April 2011 Charles II Granted Rhode Island New Charter christianity com Christianity com 8 July 1663 Retrieved 14 April 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title British America amp oldid 1137456038, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
