<P> In 1775, on the eve of the American Revolution, the British Empire included 20 territories in the Western Hemisphere northeast of New Spain . These colonies were: </P> <Ul> <Li> the Floridas (East and West Florida, administered separately) </Li> <Li> Newfoundland </Li> <Li> Nova Scotia </Li> <Li> Quebec </Li> <Li> Rupert's Land (the fur - trading territory of the Hudson's Bay Company) </Li> <Li> St. John's Island </Li> <Li> the Thirteen Colonies (each one administered separately) </Li> </Ul> <Li> the Floridas (East and West Florida, administered separately) </Li> <Li> Rupert's Land (the fur - trading territory of the Hudson's Bay Company) </Li>

What was the largest city in the british colonies in north america in 1775