Which Regions Did England Colonize?

England (later Great Britain) built a global empire spanning every inhabited continent. Key regions of colonization included:

• North America: The Thirteen Colonies (future USA), Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Caribbean islands like Jamaica, Barbados, and the Bahamas.
• South America: British Guiana (now Guyana) and a brief presence in the Río de la Plata region.
• Africa: Settlements and protectorates in Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast (Ghana), Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe/Zambia), Nyasaland (Malawi), Bechuanaland (Botswana), and South Africa (Cape Colony, Natal).
• Asia: The Indian subcontinent (British Raj), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma (Myanmar), Malaya (Malaysia/Singapore), Hong Kong, and treaty ports in China.
• Oceania: Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, etc.), New Zealand, and numerous Pacific islands (Fiji, Tonga, etc.).

This list is not exhaustive; British influence also extended through informal empire, trade dominance, and naval supremacy in regions like Latin America and the Middle East.