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A map of the Thirteen Colonies (in red) and nearby colonial areas (1763–1775) just before the Revolutionary War. In response, the colonies formed bodies of elected representatives known as Provincial Congresses, and colonists began to boycott imported British merchandise. [62]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:09, 27 September 2020: 914 × 628 (325 KB): Magog the Ogre: Reverted to version as of 12:56, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Date: 9 October 2008: Source: travail personnel (own work). Source : Image:Map Thirteen Colonies 1775-fr.svg by Urban under licence Public Domain, itself from Image:Map of territorial growth 1775.jpg by National Atlas of the United States under licence Public Domain.
The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the de facto flag of the United States until 1777, when the 13 star flag was adopted by the Continental Congress.
Flag of the resident commissioner of the British New Hebrides: A Union Jack defaced with the badge of British New Hebrides. 1910–1955: Flag flown on Government House, Hong Kong and the governor's official car during British rule: A Union Jack defaced with the then Colonial Badge of Hong Kong. 1955–1959
05:13, 3 March 2023: 506 × 662 (507 KB) Johnn Francis: Reverted to version as of 21:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC) This map describes the situation in the year 1775. Florida was acquired by Britain in 1763 from Spain (who would re-acquire it in 1783). Therefore Florida (both west and east) was British at the time this map is set. 16:41, 19 December 2022
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British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. 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.