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- British_North_America abstract "For the Canadian Constitution, see British North America Act, 1867.British North America referred to the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America. The term 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.In 1775, the British Empire included 20 territories in the Western Hemisphere north of New Spain. These were Newfoundland, Rupert's Land, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Thirteen Colonies (which fought Britain to gain independence and became the sovereign nation of the United States in 1783), East and West Florida, and the Province of Quebec.Britain had acquired Quebec from France, and East and West Florida from Spain, by the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years' War.Spain regained the Floridas and the United States of America, upon acknowledgement of their sovereignty, acquired the part of Quebec south of the Great Lakes by the Treaty of Paris.Nova Scotia was split into modern-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1784.The part of Quebec retained after 1783 was split into the primarily French-speaking Lower Canada and the primarily English-speaking Upper Canada in 1791.After the War of 1812, the Treaty of 1818 established the 49th parallel as the United States–British North America border from Rupert's Land west to the Rocky Mountains. Britain gave up Oregon south of the 49th parallel, which was part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia District, under the Oregon Treaty of 1846.The boundary of British North America with Maine was finally determined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842.The Canadas were united into the Province of Canada in 1841.On 1 July 1867, an Act of the British Parliament called the British North America Act formed the Dominion of Canada from the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The former Province of Canada was split back into its pre-1841 parts, with Canada East (Lower Canada) renamed Quebec, and Canada West (Upper Canada) renamed Ontario. These were the original four provinces of Canada.In 1869, Rupert's Land was annexed to Canada as the Northwest Territories (NWT), and in 1870 a part of the NWT, Manitoba, became a province of Canada. The west-coast British colony north of the 49th parallel, British Columbia, joined Confederation in 1871, and Prince Edward Island joined in 1873. The boundary of British Columbia with Washington Territory was settled by arbitration in 1872, and with Alaska by arbitration in 1903. In 1905, large parts of the Northwest Territories became the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.In 1907 the sole remaining British North American colony, Newfoundland, was granted Dominion status, although starting in 1934 it was administered by the non-representational Commission of Government, a body chaired by British officials. In 1949 the island of Newfoundland, and its associated mainland territory of Labrador, joined Canada as the tenth province.Although semi-independent from 1867, and fully sovereign on foreign affairs with the Statute of Westminster 1931, the last vestiges of Canada's constitutional dependency upon Britain remained until Canadians agreed on an internal procedure for amending the Canadian Constitution. This agreement was implemented when the British Parliament passed the Constitution Act of 1982 at the request of Parliament of Canada and the Legislatures of the provinces except Quebec (which objected to the terms to which the others agreed).".
- British_North_America thumbnail Union_flag_1606_(Kings_Colors).svg?width=300.
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- British_North_America wikiPageID "219386".
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- British_North_America capital "Administered from London, England".
- British_North_America commonLanguages "English".
- British_North_America commonName "British North America".
- British_North_America continent "North America".
- British_North_America conventionalLongName "British North America".
- British_North_America country "Canada, United States".
- British_North_America currency Canadian_dollar.
- British_North_America currency Canadian_pound.
- British_North_America currency Pound_sterling.
- British_North_America dateEvent "1818".
- British_North_America dateEvent "1867".
- British_North_America dateEvent "1868".
- British_North_America dateEvent "1871".
- British_North_America dateEvent "1873".
- British_North_America empire "Britain".
- British_North_America event British_North_America_Acts.
- British_North_America event History_of_British_Columbia.
- British_North_America event Rupert's_Land_Act_1868.
- British_North_America event Treaty_of_1818.
- British_North_America event Prince_Edward_Island_Terms_of_Union.
- British_North_America eventEnd "1907".
- British_North_America eventStart Treaty_of_Paris_(1783).
- British_North_America flag "Flag of Great Britain".
- British_North_America flag "Flag of the United Kingdom".
- British_North_America flagP "Union flag 1606 .svg".
- British_North_America flagS "Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg".
- British_North_America flagS "Dominion of Newfoundland Red Ensign.svg".
- British_North_America governmentType "Constitutional monarchy".
- British_North_America hasPhotoCollection British_North_America.
- British_North_America imageFlag "Flag of the United Kingdom.svg".
- British_North_America imageFlag "Union flag 1606 .svg".
- British_North_America leader Edward_VII.
- British_North_America leader George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_North_America leader George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_North_America leader Queen_Victoria.
- British_North_America leader William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_North_America lifeSpan "1783".
- British_North_America nationalAnthem God_Save_the_Queen.
- British_North_America p "British America".
- British_North_America religion Church_of_England.
- British_North_America s "Canada".
- British_North_America s "Dominion of Newfoundland".
- British_North_America status "Colonies".
- British_North_America statusText "Colonies of Great Britain".
- British_North_America statusText "Colonies of the United Kingdom".
- British_North_America titleRepresentative Governor_General_of_Canada.
- British_North_America yearEnd "1907".
- British_North_America yearLeader "1783".
- British_North_America yearLeader "1820".
- British_North_America yearLeader "1830".
- British_North_America yearLeader "1837".
- British_North_America yearLeader "1901".
- British_North_America yearStart "1783".
- British_North_America subject Category:1790s_in_Canada.
- British_North_America subject Category:1900s_in_Canada.
- British_North_America subject Category:19th_century_in_Canada.
- British_North_America subject Category:19th_century_in_North_America.
- British_North_America subject Category:19th_century_in_the_British_Empire.
- British_North_America subject Category:British_North_America.
- British_North_America subject Category:British_colonization_of_the_Americas.
- British_North_America subject Category:Former_colonies_in_North_America.
- British_North_America subject Category:History_of_Canada.
- British_North_America subject Category:History_of_Canada_by_period.
- British_North_America type Place.
- British_North_America type PopulatedPlace.
- British_North_America type Location.
- British_North_America type Place.
- British_North_America type Country.
- British_North_America type Thing.
- British_North_America type Q486972.
- British_North_America comment "For the Canadian Constitution, see British North America Act, 1867.British North America referred to the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America. The term 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.In 1775, the British Empire included 20 territories in the Western Hemisphere north of New Spain.".
- British_North_America label "Amèrica del Nord britànica".
- British_North_America label "América do Norte Britânica".
- British_North_America label "Amérique du Nord britannique".
- British_North_America label "Britanya Kuzey Amerikası".
- British_North_America label "Britisch-Nordamerika".
- British_North_America label "British North America".
- British_North_America label "Brits Noord-Amerika".
- British_North_America label "Britská Severní Amerika".
- British_North_America label "Nord America Britannico".
- British_North_America label "Norteamérica británica".
- British_North_America label "Британская Северная Америка".
- British_North_America label "영국령 북아메리카".
- British_North_America sameAs Britská_Severní_Amerika.
- British_North_America sameAs Britisch-Nordamerika.
- British_North_America sameAs Norteamérica_británica.
- British_North_America sameAs Amérique_du_Nord_britannique.
- British_North_America sameAs Nord_America_Britannico.
- British_North_America sameAs 영국령_북아메리카.
- British_North_America sameAs Brits_Noord-Amerika.
- British_North_America sameAs América_do_Norte_Britânica.
- British_North_America sameAs m.01g2bt.
- British_North_America sameAs Q248452.
- British_North_America sameAs Q248452.