Colonies of the Americas in 1775 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the colonies of the Americas before the American Revolutionary War in 1775?

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Last updated: December 25, 2021

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United Kingdom

Bahama Islands

Barbados

British Leeward Islands

Connecticut

Bermuda

Delaware

East Florida

Georgia

Grenada

Indian Reserve

Iroquois

Jamaica

Maryland

Massachusetts

Mosquito Coast

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

Newfoundland

North Carolina

Nova Scotia

Pennsylvania

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Rhode Island

Rupert's Land

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

South Carolina

Tobago

Virginia

West Florida

Spain

New Granada

New Spain

Peru

Netherlands

Berbice

Demerara

Dutch West Indies

Essequibo

Suriname

Russia

Russian America

Portugal

Brazil

Sacramento

France

French Guiana

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Saint Barthélemy

Saint-Domingue

Saint Lucia

Saint Martin

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Turks and Caicos Islands

Denmark-Norway

Danish West Indies

Greenland

Level 56

Mar 1, 2021

Seriously, how do you have this much time to make so many great maps and quizzes?!

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Level 52

Mar 1, 2021

And how are only a few of them featured?

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

Thanks! I've been on furlough for almost a year so far so I have had a lot of free time.

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

Amazing how you keep doing this with such dedication. Whenever you release you modern day countries quizzes, I'm always like, he's run out of empires, and then lo, you make one more.

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

Just one small problem I observed with the map, for whatever reason, when I zoom in, the paths disappear

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

This doesn't seem to be happening on my side at all.

Level 67

Mar 1, 2021

Yeah Proxima, I think this is a "you problem".

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

Ok seems to be a mobile problem.

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

very nice SVG!

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

Thanks!

Level 76

Mar 1, 2021

Awesome quiz! Unfortunately zooming in doesn’t work. The black line for the bottom left section as well as the colony names in the bottom left show up, but besides that it’s all blue. I think it’s a mobile problem

Level 64

Aug 8, 2021

Weren't Brazil and Maranhao different states within the Portuguese empire at this point? I also think it might be a good idea to accept Hudson's Bay Company for Rupert's Land, as it was the company that was administering the territory. Great quiz though!

Level 55

Aug 8, 2021

Thanks! Maranhao had actually already merged with Brazil by 1775. I'll accept "Hudson's" and "HBC" for Rupert's Land though.

Level 72

May 11, 2023

I always knew it as the Hudson Bay Company. I guess I should have tried the initialism...

Level 70

Nov 14, 2021

I'm literally just going through your quizzes nominating everything.

Level 55

Nov 14, 2021

Really appreciate it, thanks!

Level 66

Nov 22, 2021

Your quizzes are so underrated! Thank you much for these wonderful learning opportunities!

Level 55

Nov 22, 2021

Thanks!

Level 68

Dec 25, 2021

New Brunswick should not be separated from Nova Scotia. New Brunswick was part of Nova Scotia until 1784, when the colonies were split following the migration of loyalists into the region.

Level 55

Dec 25, 2021

Whoops, yeah I'll fix that up real quick, haha.

Level 77

Dec 22, 2022

Not that it matters too much, but the Iroquois Confederacy wasn’t ever considered a colony was it? I’m a little fuzzy on it, but was it considered independent from both the Reserve Land and from Quebec? It was it just independent? Would it make sense to add a caveat that there is an autonomous indigenous nation?

Level 77

Dec 22, 2022

Oh, and I’ll also point out that this is an amazing SVG!

Level 55

Dec 22, 2022

Thanks! Yeah, I'd say it's complicated. It was essentially akin to a protectorate at this point, but by no means under direct British control. This wasn't out of the ordinary though with the British controlling different technically non-colonial protectorates later on in history (e.g. Tonga, Afghanistan, Brunei, Bhutan, etc.).

Level 81

Dec 22, 2022

I typed New Grenada like 10 times. Doh! "Granada"

Level 59

Mar 19, 2023

Colonial Powers: I'm gonna make each island separate and give them all different names!

Also Colonial Powers: Yep, all that's Peru.

Level 50

Jun 11, 2023

Very nice quizz. Would you accept "Guyane" for "French Guiana" ?

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