Colonial Empires circa 1765

Britain's Empire 1765

1. (4) Canada: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay, Quebec
2. (13) American Colonies
3. (4) Spanish Areas: East Florida, West Florida
4. (7) Caribbean: Bahammas, Bermuda, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, Windward and Leeward Islands
5. (1) Central America: Belize
6. (1) Africa – Gold Coast
7. India – (Ceylon)

French Colonial Empire

Prior to 1763 – 

North America: Canada, Louisiana,
South America: French Guiana
Carribean:  Saint Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint-Domingue (today's Haiti) was founded on the western half of the Spanish island of Hispaniola. In the 18th century, Saint-Domingue grew to be the richest sugar colony in the Caribbean.

West Africa:  Sengal

India:  Multiple small colonies

Spanish Possessions

Prior to 1763 – Cuba, Florida, Mexico,

Post 1763 

Dutch Posessions

Prior to 1763:  Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius