British North America

British North America was a term used, more consistently after the publication of the Durham Report in 1839, for the British Empire's remaining territories in North America after the American Revolutionary War ended in 1783. It was bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean, on the East by the Atlantic, on the South by the United States, and on the West by the Pacific. It occupies one-third of the continent, and comprised the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland. The British North America Act (BNA Act) was enacted in 1867, which created the Dominion of Canada by uniting three colonies into a federal state. The act served as Canada's “constitution” until 1982, when it was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867, by which British Parliament's authority was transferred to the independent Canadian Parliament. Between 1867 and 1999, six more provinces and three territories joined the Confederation.

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British Thermal Unit, Britomart, Briton Riviere, Brittany, Brixton