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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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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
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37 Comments
sacheth9
+14
Level 65
Mar 1, 2021
Seriously, how do you have this much time to make so many great maps and quizzes?!
Baxtergrad
+16
Level 51
Mar 1, 2021
And how are only a few of them featured?
Dekkie
+13
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.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
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.
1ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 53
Mar 1, 2021
Just one small problem I observed with the map, for whatever reason, when I zoom in, the paths disappear
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Mar 1, 2021
This doesn't seem to be happening on my side at all.
EytanMelech
+3
Level 66
Mar 1, 2021
Yeah Proxima, I think this is a "you problem".
1ProximaCentauri
+4
Level 53
Mar 1, 2021
Ok seems to be a mobile problem.
leomdeng
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Level 55
Mar 1, 2021
very nice SVG!
Dekkie
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Level 55
Mar 1, 2021
Thanks!
RealBillGates
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Level 77
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
RJF
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Level 67
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!
Dekkie
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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.
Wistful
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Level 72
May 11, 2023
I always knew it as the Hudson Bay Company. I guess I should have tried the initialism...
bestanford
+4
Level 73
Nov 14, 2021
I'm literally just going through your quizzes nominating everything.
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Nov 14, 2021
Really appreciate it, thanks!
sarielise
+3
Level 68
Nov 22, 2021
Your quizzes are so underrated! Thank you much for these wonderful learning opportunities!
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Nov 22, 2021
Thanks!
Kearsarge
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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.
Dekkie
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Level 55
Dec 25, 2021
Whoops, yeah I'll fix that up real quick, haha.
Dimby
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Level 83
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?
Dimby
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Level 83
Dec 22, 2022
Oh, and I’ll also point out that this is an amazing SVG!
Dekkie
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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.).
Walacama
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Level 83
Dec 22, 2022
I typed New Grenada like 10 times. Doh! "Granada"
Neodymium
+4
Level 63
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.

GollossalKitty
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Level 45
Dec 13, 2025
well it is the name of the region...

I think it was because the islands were controlled by multiple countries

Zagloba
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Level 55
Jun 11, 2023
Very nice quizz. Would you accept "Guyane" for "French Guiana" ?
Piratez
+1
Level 45
Jun 19, 2024
great quiz
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Jun 19, 2024
Thanks!
ghanburighan
+1
Level 85
Sep 27, 2025
Great quiz!. I don't think Suriname was named until somewhen in the 20th century. I kept looking for Dutch Guiana which would have covered this year.
Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Sep 27, 2025
It was always named Suriname. I will modify the type-ins to add Dutch Guiana though.
angliru
+2
Level 71
Oct 20, 2025
I just want to say that this is an excellent quiz. Thank you for creating these. Nominated!
GollossalKitty
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Level 45
Dec 13, 2025
is the Indian reserve and especially iroqois really a colony if they had home-rule?
Lettow
+1
Level 51
Jan 9, 2026
Great job for including Haudenosaunee as an option since that is the native name
Treetreemetree
+1
Level 36
Mar 3, 2026
Nommed:)
AnAmerican
+2
Level 78
Mar 9, 2026
It's crazy how many colonies there were in Guyana, a country that has a lower population than most U.S. states
Freestatebear
+2
Level 88
Mar 10, 2026
Great quiz!

Would it be possible to color-code the colonies by their mother country?

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