British North American colonies (except some territories)

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British colonial possession group of colonies

The British North American colonies (except some territories) were the group of Britain’s mainland and nearby colonial possessions in North America that later formed the core of modern Canada and were subject to major imperial laws and reforms in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
British North America	8
British North American colonies	2
North American colonies	1
Southern British colonies	1
formed from remaining British territories in North America after the American Revolutionary War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial possession ⓘ group of colonies ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
excluded	some British North American territories ⓘ
followedBy	Dominion of Canada ⓘ
hasPart	Canada East ⓘ Canada West ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Colony of British Columbia Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ Colony of New Brunswick ⓘ Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ Prince Edward Island ⓘ surface form: Colony of Prince Edward Island Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia (after union) Rupert's Land ⓘ surface form: Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America Lower Canada ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland Colony Rupert's Land ⓘ surface form: North-Western Territory Nova Scotia ⓘ Prince Edward Island ⓘ Province of Canada ⓘ Red River Colony ⓘ Rupert's Land ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ Vancouver Island ⓘ surface form: Vancouver Island Colony
historicalRole	core of modern Canada ⓘ
legalStatus	crown colony ⓘ self-governing colony ⓘ
location	Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ Pacific coast of North America ⓘ mainland North America ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	Act of Union 1840 ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ surface form: British North America Act 1867 Dominion of Canada ⓘ surface form: Confederation of Canada Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ Quebec Act ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ
subjectTo	imperial laws of the British Parliament ⓘ imperial reforms in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
temporalExtent	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American South (colonial and early national periods) → alsoKnownAs → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern British colonies

British colonial authorities → appliesTo → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Thomas Gage → areaOfActivity → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

War of 1812 → belligerent → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Durham boat → developedIn → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Continental Association → geographicScope → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North American colonies

British Canada → historicalContext → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: formed from remaining British territories in North America after the American Revolutionary War

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → jurisdiction → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

Loyalist militias → location → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → location → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Dominion of Canada → predecessor → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North American colonies

Quebec Act → region → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America

Atlantic slave trade → transportedTo → British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American colonies