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The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. In the Lee Resolution, passed by the Second Continental Congress two days prior, the colonies resolved that they were free and independent states.
Due to the close relation of American and British commerce, many traders renegotiated with British merchants after the war, and they facilitated American trade as they did under colonial rule. [96] Economic policies of individual states made domestic trade more difficult, as state governments often discriminated against merchants from other states.
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America.
British policy is that the relationship with the United States represents the United Kingdom's "most important bilateral relationship" in the world. [1] United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute to the relationship in February 2009 by saying, "it stands the test of time". [169] John Dumbrell wrote in 2006:
These colonies and territories (known, together with Bermuda, as British North America following independence of the United States of America) were confederated to form modern Canada between 1867 and 1873 unless otherwise noted: British Columbia (previously part of Oregon Country before its 1846 division between Britain and the United States)
1781: At peace negotiations in Paris, Congress insists on independence; all else is negotiable; British policy is to help US at expense of France; 1783: Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War; British give generous terms to US with boundaries as British North America on north, Mississippi River on west, Florida on south.
British America collectively refers to various English and British colonies in the Americas prior to the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War in 1783. The British monarchy of the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland—later named the Kingdom of Great Britain, of the British Isles and Western Europe—governed many colonies in the Americas beginning in 1585.
British policy is that the relationship with the United States represents the United Kingdom's "most important bilateral relationship" in the world. [171] United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute to the relationship in February 2009 by saying, "it stands the test of time". [172] John Dumbrell wrote in 2006: