List of former European colonies
This is a list of former European colonies.
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North America
France
- Canada (most of eastern and central Canada) — 1st
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon — 1st, 2nd, & now
- United States (entire basin of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, Great Lakes) — 1st
Britain
Caribbean
France
- Anguilla (briefly) — 1st
- Antigua and Barbuda (briefly) — 1st
- Dominica — 1st
- Dominican Republic — 1st
- Grenada — 1st
- Guadeloupe — 1st, 2nd, & now
- Haiti — 1st
- Martinique — 1st, 2nd, & now
- Montserrat (briefly) — 1st
- Saint Martin (northern half only) — 1st, 2nd, & now
- Saint-Barthélemy — 1st, 2nd, & now
- Saint Lucia — 1st
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — 1st
- Sint Eustatius (briefly) — 1st
- St Kitts and Nevis (St Kitts, but not Nevis) — 1st
- Trinidad and Tobago (Tobago only) — 1st
- US Virgin Islands (Saint Croix only) — 1st
South America
France
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro briefly, and São Luís briefly) — 1st
(see France Antarctique and France Équinoxiale)
- French Guiana — 1st, 2nd, & now
Africa
France
- Morocco (89% of Morocco) — 2nd
- Algeria — 2nd
- Tunisia — 2nd
- Benin — 2nd
- Burkina Faso — 2nd
- Cameroon (91% of Cameroon) — 2nd
- Central African Republic — 2nd
- Chad — 2nd
- Republic of the Congo — 2nd
- Gabon — 2nd
- Guinea — 2nd
- Ivory Coast — 2nd
- Mali — 2nd
- Mauritania — 2nd
- Niger — 2nd
- Senegal — 1st & 2nd
- Togo — 2nd
Germany
- German East Africa
- German South West Africa
- Namibia (present-day)
- Cameroons (Kamerun)
- Togo (until 1918)
Indian Ocean
France
- Comoros — 2nd
- Madagascar — 2nd
- Mauritius — 1st
- Mayotte – 2nd & now
- Réunion — 1st, 2nd, & now
- Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean – 2nd & now
- Seychelles — 1st
- Tanzania (Zanzibar, briefly) — 2nd
Middle East
France
- Lebanon — 2nd
- Syria — 2nd
- Turkey (Sanjak of Alexandretta, now called Hatay province) — 2nd
- Djibouti — 2nd
- Yemen (Cheik-Saïd peninsula) — 2nd
South Asia
France
- India
- half of India — 1st
- only Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, and Chandernagore — 2nd
Britain
East Asia
France
Germany
- Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou)
Pacific
France
- Clipperton – 2nd & now
- New Caledonia — 2nd & now
- French Polynesia — 2nd & now
- Vanuatu (condominium shared with the British Empire) — 2nd
- Wallis and Futuna — 2nd & now
Germany
- German New Guinea
- German Solomon Islands
- Caroline Islands (Karolinen)
- Federated States of Micronesia (present-day)
- Palau (present-day)
- Mariana Islands (Marianen)
- Nauru
- Marshall Islands
- Samoa
Antarctic Ocean
France
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands — 2nd & now
See also
- Pax Britannica
- New Imperialism
- List of former German colonies
- British Empire
- French colonial empire
- Chinese Imperialism
- Japanese Imperialism
- Colonization of Africa
- Imperialism in Asia
- Media imperialism
- Religious imperialism
External links
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