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Former British colonies and protectorates in the Americas
- Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda sits where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean Sea, a nation of two main islands and dozens of smaller ones covering just 440 square…
- GrenadaGrenada is the smallest of the eastern Caribbean's spice nations, and yet its national flag carries a nutmeg. That single image hints at how much one tree…
- Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis holds a distinction that most people never think to wonder about: at just 261 square kilometres and roughly 48,000 inhabitants, it is…
- GuadeloupeGuadeloupe sits where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean, a butterfly-shaped pair of main islands flanked by smaller ones.
- British GuianaBritish Guiana sat on the northern coast of South America, a colony that changed hands between empires, outlasted rebellions, and finally became the nation…
- MississippiMississippi sits at the southern edge of the American interior, a state whose name comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "great river." That river defines its…
- GuyanaGuyana sits on the northern coast of South America, the only country on the mainland that holds English as its official language.
- CanadaCanada is the second-largest country in the world by total area, yet most of its people cluster in a thin band near a single neighbour.
- British West IndiesThe British West Indies were a sprawling collection of Caribbean territories stretching from Bermuda in the north to British Guiana on the South American…
- South CarolinaSouth Carolina sits at a crossing point that has shaped centuries of American history. On the 12th of April, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire on Union…
- North CarolinaNorth Carolina sits at a crossroads that has shaped American history at almost every turn. On the 12th of April 1776, the colony's Provincial Congress issued…
- United StatesThe United States of America first received its name in a letter dated the 2nd of January, 1776. Stephen Moylan, an aide to General George Washington, wrote…
- Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia, the American state that calls itself the Peach State, holds a peculiar distinction: it is simultaneously the 24th-largest state by area and the…
- VirginiaIn 1607, the London Company established Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America. This event marked a turning point for the…