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the British territories in North America after the American Revolution, primarily the regions that eventually became Canada. It encompassed the colonies and territories that remained under British control after the United States gained independence in 1783, and it existed until the Confederation of Canada in 1867
the thirteen British colonies in North America that joined together and became the United States of America after adopting the Declaration of Independence in 1776
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish and Portuguese
the Spanish-speaking territories and countries in the Americas, including Mexico, Central America (except Belize), South America (except Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname), and most of the West Indies, historically comprising the territories of the Spanish colonial empire
a short-lived state in South America, created in 1819 by Simón Bolívar, that encompassed the territories of present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, and parts of northern Peru, western Guyana, and northwest Brazil. It aimed to unify Latin America
the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World