British North America
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British North America was an informal term first used in 1783, but 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 20 colonies north of Mexico. The Americans tried but failed to capture Canada to the north. 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 Dominion of Canada. Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949.
[edit] List of colonies in British North America in 1763
The Thirteen Colonies which formed the original United States:
- 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 which are now part of Canada:
Other colonies:
[edit] BNA colonies after the American Revolution:
- Rupert's Land (1670-1870)
- Nova Scotia (1713-1867)
- New Brunswick (1784-1867)
- Cape Breton Island (1784-1821)
- Prince Edward Island (1769-1873)
- Province of Quebec (1763-1791)
- Newfoundland (1583-1907)
- Upper Canada (1791-1840)
- Lower Canada (1791-1840)
- Province of Canada (1840-1867)
- Vancouver Island (1849-1866)
- Colony of British Columbia (1858-1871)
- North-Western Territory (1859-1870)
- Stikine Territory (1862-1863)
