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British North America, British North America - BNA colonies after American Revoultion, British North America - List of colonies in British North America in 1763, British colonization of the Americas, Thirteen Colonies, British Empire
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ARTICLES RELATED TO British North America | | | |  British North America: Encyclopedia II - English colonization of the Americas - British North AmericaThe English established colonies along the east coast of North America, from Newfoundland in the north, to as far as Florida in the south. Initially, the name "Virginia", named after Queen Elizabeth I, was applied to the entire coast, including what is now the Canadian Maritimes provinces. Early colonies included: St. John's, Newfoundland, claimed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583; the Roanoke Colony, founded in 1586; and the Jamestown Settlement, in 1607. The Popham Colony, which was also founded in 1607 in present-day Maine, was abandoned af ...
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| | | | British North America: Encyclopedia II - English colonization of the Americas - British North America The Kingdom of Great Britain acquired the French colony of New France and the Spanish colony of Florida in 1763. New France became the Canadas.
In the north, the Hudson's Bay Company actively traded for fur with the Indians, and had competed with French fur traders. The company came to control the entire drainage basin of Hudson Bay called Rupert's Land. The small part of the Hudson Bay drainage which is south of the 49th parallel went to the United States in 1818.
Thirteen of Great Britain's colonies rebelled, beginning in 1776, primarily over representa ...
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| | | | British North America: Encyclopedia II - British North America Acts - Notable British North America Acts The different Acts of the series are distinguished by appending the year of their enactment. BNA Acts were passed in 1867, 1871, 1886, 1907, 1915, 1916*, 1940, 1943*, 1946*, 1949, 1949 (No. 2)*, 1951*, 1952*, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1974 and 1975. Those marked with (*) have since been repealed.
British North America Acts - British North America Act 1867.
See Constitution Act, 1867
British North America Acts - British Nor ...
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| | | | British North America: Encyclopedia - Canadian Confederation Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process, culminating on 1 July 1867, by which a union was formed among the provinces, colonies, and territories of British North America to form the Dominion of Canada, a dominion of the British Empire and federal nation state.
Canadian Confederation - Colonial organization.
Before 1867, British North America was a collection of six separate colonies: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Province of Canada (now Quebec and Ontario), Newfoundla ...
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| | | | British North America: Encyclopedia - War of 1812 This page refers to the war between the United States of America and Great Britain. For Napoleon's 1812 Invasion of Russia, see Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Regular army: 99,000
Volunteers: 10,000*
Rangers: 3,000
Militia: 458,000**
Naval and marine: 20,000
Regular army: 10,000+
Naval and marine: ?
Canadian militia: 86,000+**
New York Iroquois: 600
Northwestern allies: ?
Southern allies: ?
Killed in action: 2,260
Wounded in action: 4,505
Executed: 205+
Other deaths: 17,000
Civilian deaths: 500?Including:
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