English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and subsequently the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic Coast of North America. The British Empire's colonial territories in North America were expanded greatly in size in connection with the Treaty of Paris (1763) that formally concluded the Seven Years' War, referred to  as the French and Indian War among the English colonies, and La Guerre de la Conquête among the French. With the acquisition of Nouvelle-France, British territories in North America were more than doubled in size, and the exclusion of France  dramatically altered the political landscape of North America. The term British America was used to refer to the British Empire's colonial territories in North America prior to the United States Declaration of Independence, most famously in the 1774 address of Thomas Jefferson to the First Continental Congress entitled 'A Summmary View of the Rights of British America ' . The term British North America was initially used following acceptance of the independence of Great Britain's Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States of America pursuant to the Treaty of Paris (1783) . The terms British America and British North America continued to be used  , but the latter was used more consistently after the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. These territories today form modern-day Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States . Political divisions British North America ca. 1747 upright=1.05|British North America in 1775; the Thirteen Colonies are shown in red. 
English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic Coast of North America. The British Empire's colonial territories in North America were expanded greatly in connection with the Treaty of Paris (1763) , which formally concluded the Seven Years' War, referred to in North America as the French and Indian War among the English colonies, and La Guerre de la Conquête among the French. With the acquisition of Nouvelle-France, British territories in North America were more than doubled in size, and the exclusion of France also dramatically altered the political landscape of North America. The term British America was used to refer to the British Empire's colonial territories in North America prior to the United States Declaration of Independence, most famously in the 1774 address of Thomas Jefferson to the First Continental Congress entitled : A Summary View of the Rights of British America . The term British North America was initially used following the subsequent Treaty of Paris (1783), which concluded the American Revolutionary War and confirmed the independence of Great Britain's Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States of America . The terms British America and British North America continued to be used for Britain's remaining territories in North America , but the term British North America came to be used more consistently in connection with the provinces that would eventually form the Dominion Canada, following the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. These territories today form modern-day Canada , as well as all or large parts of six U.S. states (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northeastern part of Minnesota), formed out of the Northwest Territory . Political divisions British North America ca. 1747 upright=1.05|British North America in 1775; the Thirteen Colonies are shown in red. and
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