Polity English North America

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Were the colonial territories of the Kingdom of England that were not part of a specific English colony in the area.

Establishment

  • January 1584: Sir Humphrey Gilbert, provided with letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I, landed in St John's and formally took possession of the island. Newfoundland became England's first possession in North America and one of the earliest permanent English colonies in the New World.

Chronology

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1. Personal Union of Scotland and England

In 1603, James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, who had died childless, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.

  • March 1603: James VI of Scotland became King of England, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.

Disestablishment

  • March 1603: James VI of Scotland became King of England, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.