acadia alberta american revolutionary war americas anguilla antigua antigua and barbuda barbados barbuda bay islands belize berbice bermuda british america british empire british guiana british honduras british north america british virgin islands british west indies british windward islands british overseas territories canada canadian rockies cape breton island caribbean cayman islands charter charter colony colombia colonial history of the united states colonialism colony colony of british columbia colony of vancouver island colony of the queen charlotte islands columbia district connecticut connecticut colony courland colonization of the americas cuba danish colonization of the americas decolonization of the americas delaware delaware colony demerara dominica dominion dutch colonization of the americas dye east florida east jersey england essequibo falkland islands falklands war florida fort victoria french colonization of the americas frontier fur trade german colonization of the americas grenada guatemala guyana hawaii henricus history of canada history of the americas history of the west coast of north america honduras hudson bay humphrey gilbert imperialism independence jamaica jamestown settlement joint stock company kingdom of england kingdom of great britain kingdom of scotland klondike gold rush latin london company london and bristol company manitoba maryland massachusetts massachusetts bay colony montserrat mosquito coast netherlands nevis new amsterdam new brunswick new france new hampshire new hampshire grants new haven colony new netherland new scotland new sweden newfoundland and labrador nicaragua norse colonization of the americas north-western territory north america north carolina northwest territories nova scotia nunavut ontario oregon country oregon treaty oregon boundary dispute pacific northwest peace river block pennsylvania personal union plymouth colony plymouth company plymouth council for new england popham colony portuguese colonization of the americas prince edward island proprietary governor proprietary colony protectorate providence island providencia island province of canada province of georgia province of maine province of maryland province of new hampshire province of new jersey province of new york province of pennsylvania province of south carolina puritan quebec responsible government roanoke colony russian colonization of the americas saint kitts saint kitts and nevis saint lucia saint vincent and the grenadines saskatchewan scotland scottish colonization of the americas society of merchant venturers somers isles company south america south falkland spain spanish colonization of the americas stikine territory swedish colonization of the americas thirteen colonies treaty of breda trinidad and tobago turks and caicos islands united colonies of vancouver island and british columbia united kingdom united states upper canada virginia company welsh settlement in the americas west florida west jersey wool