<P> Besides these thirteen colonies, Britain had another dozen in the New World . Those in the British West Indies, Newfoundland, the Province of Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Bermuda, and East and West Florida remained loyal to the crown throughout the war (although Spain reacquired Florida before the war was over). There was a certain degree of sympathy with the Patriot cause in several of the other colonies, but their geographical isolation and the dominance of British naval power precluded any effective participation . The British crown had only recently acquired those lands, and many of the issues facing the Thirteen Colonies did not apply to them, especially in the case of Quebec and Florida . </P> <P> At the time of the war Britain had seven other colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America: Newfoundland, Rupert's Land (the area around the Hudson Bay), Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, East Florida, West Florida, and the Province of Quebec . There were other colonies in the Americas as well, largely in the British West Indies . These colonies remained loyal to the crown . </P> <P> Newfoundland stayed loyal to Britain without question . It was exempt from the Navigation Acts and shared none of the grievances of the continental colonies . It was tightly bound to Britain and controlled by the Royal Navy and had no assembly that could voice grievances . </P> <P> Nova Scotia had a large Yankee element that had recently arrived from New England, and shared the sentiments of the Americans about demanding the rights of the British men . The royal government in Halifax reluctantly allowed the Yankees of Nova Scotia a kind of "neutrality ." In any case, the island - like geography and the presence of the major British naval base at Halifax made the thought of armed resistance impossible . </P>

When were all of the 13 colonies founded