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Lacking 13 colonies...

This map doesnt seem to have any of the thirteen colonies that later rebelled and formed the United States —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.182.187 (talk) 12:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are listed. The others remain to be done. Goustien (talk) 06:31, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed under the North American section that there are a bunch of colonies missing. For example: New York, New Jersy, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, etc, etc. At one point in time these and others were possessions of Great Briton. So why are they missing from the list? 74.79.34.29 (talk) 01:36, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold and add them. As far as I can tell, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are listed as well as several predecessor colonies. Massachusetts Bay Colony is listed as a predecessor to New Hampshire but probably should be listed in its own right (as a predecessor to New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.) That means that Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut Colony, Province of New Jersey, Province of New York, Province of Maryland, Province of Pennsylvania and Delaware Colony are missing. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 16:02, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Any Scottish colonies in 1707?

This sentence in the lede is not clear

When the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed in 1707 by the union of the Kingdom of Scotland with the Kingdom of England, the latter country's colonial possessions passed to the new state.

because it suggests that only England's colonies passed to the Kingdom of Great Britain. Didn't Scotland have settlers in Nova Scotia, and did those settlements (although disputed in an ongoing war with France and first nations) pass to the new kingdom? If so, should there be a passing mention? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 16:27, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have now read Scottish colonization of the Americas, Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632) and Treaty of Suza, and though I don't have access to the sources, it is clear to me that Charles I relinquished Scotland's claims in Canada over 70 years before the Act of Union. There is no need to change the lede (unless there is value to readers in a footnote to say that Scotland didn't have colonies at the time. Is there?) --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 17:11, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

England in the main list, but not Scotland or Wales

Unlike England and Ireland, Scotland doesn't get a mention before the accession of James VI to the English throne in 1603. Wasn't it from time to time a feudal vassal state of England in the late medieval, Tudor and Elizabethan times, and if so, doesn't that deserve a brief mention in the list? In any case, should Scotland and Wales get brief mentions. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 17:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Missing Territories

The following territories aren't in the list but were territories of the British Empire -- shouldn't they be included? Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Arctic Territories, New Albion, Red River Colony, New Caledonia DanTrent (talk) 21:18, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Isle of Man in 1827

The article says it went from being a "possession" to a "crown dependency" in 1827. Is there a source with detail for this? I've found several things online saying that exact same thing, but with no further detail as to the law or method, or even date. --Golbez (talk) 22:19, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]