the Colonies. The term Crown colony continued to be used until 1981, when the British Nationality Act 1981 reclassified the remaining British colonies as...

independence. Today 14 former colonies (since 2002 known as British Overseas Territories) remain under British rule; the term "colonies" is no longer officially...

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the...

Though most British colonies in the Americas eventually gained independence, some colonies have remained under Britain's jurisdiction as British Overseas...

independence of Great Britain's Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States of America. The terms British America and British North America continued...

Middle Colonies were a subset of the Thirteen Colonies in British America, located between the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies. Along with...

Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located...

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its...

to 1783. These colonies were formally known as British America and the British West Indies immediately prior to thirteen of the colonies seceding in the...

The Southern Colonies within British America consisted of the Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of Carolina (in 1712 split into...