Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loyalist Six Colonies of the Nineteen Colonies


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The result was redirect to British North America, with later mergers of some of the content subject to editorial discretion. The term "Loyalist Six Colonies of the Nineteen Colonies" is apparently original research, as it does not google outside this article. Sandstein 08:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Loyalist Six Colonies of the Nineteen Colonies

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Minimal content, only a list of British Colonies that didn't join the American Revolution and thus derivative of Thirteen Colonies, British North America, American Revolution and British colonization of the Americas. --Duke of Duchess Street 22:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello DukeOfDuchessStreet. This article is in development. I am adding content and the CORRESPONDING REFERENCES, as time provides. It would seem that for now I'll concentrate on adding BONE-FIDE REFERENCES (you know those things like PUBLISHED BOOKS).

As per your comment on the article being "derivative" of the Thirteen Colonies article, I respectfully do not agree. The article the Loyalist Six Colonies of the Nineteen Colonies is "complimentary", in my opinion. What it illustrates is,

(i). There were 21 British Possessions in Continental North America up to 1775 (i.e., from 1607-1775),

(ii). Of those 21 Colonial Units, there were,


 * (iia). 19 Settler Colonies,


 * (iib). 1 Commerical Colony (i.e, the Hudson's Bay Land ),


 * (iic). 1 Crown Land Colony (i.e, the Crown Lands Reversed for the Indians ),

(iii). The 19 Settler Colonies all had LOCAL LEGISTATURES, thus were Provinces within the British Empire , (e.g., the Province of East Florida ),

(iv). That the correct term for the British Colonies in North America prior to 1783, is that of British America and the British West Indies ,

(v). That the correct term for the British Colonies in North America after 1783, is that of British North America and the British West Indies.

ArmchairVexillologistDon 23:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge into British North America as per current recommendation on both pages. Definitely an encyclopedic topic rarely well-addressed. This article has an awkward title and the BNA article needs substance, so a merge sounds to me like the best resolution. Askari Mark (Talk) 00:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, I can find no sources using this terminology or treating these six colonies as anything but the later history of BNA. This article has nothing to merge except a list. (Additionally, the editor using the bright blue highlighting is advised to cut it out and read the Manual of Style, please.) --Dhartung | Talk 04:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into British North America. per Askari Mark. At the very least, change the title. --UsaSatsui 10:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename: Loyalist colonies in the British New World (Note capitalisation - Wikipedia style mandates caps for the first letter of a title, and for proper nouns): I think a case could feasibly be developed to show how domestic policies in British holdings throughout the New World changed in response to and after the American Revolution, as well as showing the progress of various local sovereigntist movements, and the immigration of Loyalists coming from the republian-occupied territories. This would be distinct from, and not merely a sub-section of British America, as it has the potential to showcase the Loyalist movement in republican North America, with no regard for the borders of any given nation-state. samwaltz 08:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Unless such a literature already exists (and it may! let me know), isn't that textbook WP:NOR? -Joshuapaquin 19:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per Duke and Dhartung. -Joshuapaquin 19:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.