Starting with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 enlarged the colony of Canada
Inside the Parliament of the Province of Canada in Montreal, 1848
Military Governors and Staff Officers in garrisons of British North America and West Indies 1778 and 1784
Loyalist Laura Secord warns British of an impending American attack at Beaver Dams
Timber booms on the Ottawa River, Canada, 1872.
British North America
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British North America comprised the colonial territories of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th centu
History of Canada (1763–1867)
…to become the Province of Canada. By the 1860s, interest developed in forming a new federation between the Canadas and the other British colonies of British North America, that led to Confederation in 1867. A number of other British colonies that are today part of Canada, such as Newfoundland and British Columbia, and…
British possessions on the North American continent.c. 1830