North America

===English settlements===
{{Main|British America}}
The first permanent English settlement was in [[Jamestown, Virginia]] in 1607, followed by additional colonial establishments on the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]] from present-day [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in the south to [[Massachusetts]] in the north, forming the [[Thirteen Colonies]] of [[British America]]. The English did not establish settlements north or east of the [[St. Lawrence River Valley|St. Lawrence Valley]] in present-day Canada until after the conclusion of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Britain's early settlements in present-day Canada included [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] in 1630 and [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] in 1749. The first permanent French settlement was in [[Quebec City, Quebec]] in 1608