Draft:List of European colonies and territories in the Americas

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Basque territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

British and English territories edit

Dominions edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country
Dominion of Canada	Ottawa	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Dominion	1867	1982	Canada (Constitution Act, 1982)	Canada
Dominion of Newfoundland	St. John's	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Dominion	1907	1949	Newfoundland and Labrador (integrated into Canada)	Canada

Groups of colonies edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country
British America	Philadelphia	Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Great Britain	Group of colonies	1585	1783	British North America (Treaty of Paris)	United States
British West Indies	Kingston	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Group of colonies	1605	1983	British Dependent Territories (no longer referred as colonies)	United Kingdom
Thirteen Colonies	Philadelphia	Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Great Britain	Group of colonies	1607	1775	United Colonies (Second Continental Congress)	United States
Dominion of New England	Boston	Kingdom of England	Group of colonies	1686	1689	Thirteen Colonies (disestablished)	United States
United Colonies	Philadelphia	Kingdom of Great Britain	Group of colonies	1775	1776	United States (independence)	United States
British North America	Montreal	Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Group of colonies	1783	1907	Dominion of Newfoundland (1907 Imperial Conference)	Canada
West Indies Federation	Port of Spain	United Kingdom	Group of colonies	1958	1962	British West Indies (federation collapses)	Trinidad and Tobago
British Dependent Territories	George Town	United Kingdom	British Dependent Territories	1983	2002	British Overseas Territories	United Kingdom
British Overseas Territories	George Town	United Kingdom	British Overseas Territories	2002	Present	Still exists	United Kingdom

Colonies edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country
Colony of Virginia	Jamestown	Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Great Britain	Crown Colony	1624	1776	Virginia (independence)	United States
Colony of Montserrat	Plymouth	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Crown Colony	1636	1982	Montserrat (British Dependent Territory)	United Kingdom
Colony of Jamaica	Spanish Town	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Crown Colony	1655	1962	Jamaica (independence)	Jamaica
Colony of Saint Helena	Jamestown	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Crown Colony	1659	1982	Saint Helena (British Dependent Territory)	United Kingdom
Colony of Antigua	St. John's	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Crown Colony	1663	1967	Associated State of Antigua (West Indies Act 1967)	Antigua and Barbuda
Colony of Barbados	Bridgetown	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Crown Colony	1663	1966	Barbados (independence)	Barbados
Colony of Bermuda	Hamilton	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom	Crown Colony	1684	1982	Bermuda (British Dependent Territory)	United Kingdom
Province of New York	New York	Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Great Britain	Proprietary Colony	1664	1685	Province of New York (crown colony)	United States
Province of New York	New York	Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Great Britain	Crown Colony	1685	1776	New York (independence)	United States

Curonian territories edit

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Danish territories edit


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Dutch territories edit

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French territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

German territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Hospitaller territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Italian territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Norse territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Norwegian territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Portuguese territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Russian territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Scottish territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Spanish and Castilian territories edit

Viceroyalties edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country
Viceroyalty of the Indies	Santo Domingo	Crown of Castile	Viceroyalty	1492	1526	Viceroyalty of New Spain (integrated into New Spain)	Dominican Republic
Viceroyalty of New Spain	Mexico City	Crown of Castile and Kingdom of Spain	Viceroyalty	1535	1821	Empire of Mexico (independence)	Mexico
Viceroyalty of Peru	Lima	Crown of Castile and Kingdom of Spain	Viceroyalty	1542	1824	Protectorate of Peru (independence)	Peru
Viceroyalty of New Granada	Santa Fe de Bogotá	Kingdom of Spain	Viceroyalty	1717	1723	Viceroyalty of Peru (reintegrated into Peru)	Colombia
				1739	1810	Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca (independence)
				1816	1819	Republic of Colombia (independence)
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	Buenos Aires	Kingdom of Spain	Viceroyalty	1776	1825	United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (independence)	Argentina

Captaincies general edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Real Audiencias edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Governorates edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Provinces edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country

Swedish territories edit

Name of Territory	Capital or main city	Foreign power	Status	From	To	Succeeded by	Current country
New Sweden	Fort Christina	Kingdom of Sweden	Colony of Sweden	1638	1655	New Netherland (conquered by the Dutch)	United States
Colony of Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	Kingdom of Sweden	Colony of Sweden	1784	1878	Saint Barthélemy (sold to France)	France
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	Kingdom of Sweden	Military occupation by Sweden	1813	1814	Guadeloupe (returned to France)	France