List of predecessors of sovereign states in North America
This is a list of all present sovereign states in North America and their predecessors. The division between North and South America is unclear, generally viewed as lying somewhere in the Isthmus of Panama, however, the Caribbean Islands, Central America including the whole of Panama is considered to be part of North America as its southernmost nation. The continent was colonized by the Europeans: Mainly by the Spaniards, the French, the English and the Dutch. United States of America gained its independence in American Revolutionary War; Most of nations in Central America gained independence in the early 19th century; Canada and many other island countries in the Caribbean Sea gained their independence in 20th century. Today, North America consists of twenty-two sovereign states with common government system being some form of presidential republic.
| Sovereign state | Predecessors |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Colony of Antigua ' Colony of Barbuda ' Part of West Indies Federation Colony of Antigua ' ' ' |
| Bahamas, The |  Colony of the Bahamas Colony of the Bahamas ' |
| Barbados | Colony of Barbados ' Colony of Barbados ' Part of West Indies Federation ' |
| Belize | British Honduras Belize ' ' ' |
| Canada | New France ' Province of Quebec Province of Upper Canada Province of Lower Canada United Province of Canada Rupert's Land ' North-Western Territory Colony of British Columbia ' Provisional Government of Saskatchewan ' Newfoundland Colony Dominion of Newfoundland ' ' ' |
| Costa Rica | Part of Real Audiencia of Guatemala ' Part of Captaincy General of Guatemala ' Part of Mexican Empire Part of Federal Republic of Central America ' |
| Cuba | Part of Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Captaincy General of Cuba United States Military Government in Cuba ' |
| Dominica | Part of West Indies Federation ' ' |
| Dominican Republic | Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Colony of Saint-Domingue Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Republic of Spanish Haiti Occupied by Haiti Dominican Republic Occupied by Spain ' |
| El Salvador | Part of Real Audiencia of Guatemala ' Part of Captaincy General of Guatemala ' Part of Mexican Empire Part of Federal Republic of Central America ' ' |
| Grenada | French Grenada British Grenada British Grenada ' ' |
| Guatemala | Part of Real Audiencia of Guatemala Part of Captaincy General of Guatemala Part of Mexican Empire Part of Federal Republic of Central America ' |
| Haiti | Colony of Saint-Domingue Empire of Haiti State of Haiti ' Kingdom of Haiti Republic of Haiti ' Empire of Haiti ' ' |
| Honduras | Part of Real Audiencia of Guatemala Part of Captaincy General of Guatemala Part of Mexican Empire Part of Federal Republic of Central America ' |
| Jamaica | Colony of Jamaica ' ' |
| Mexico | Viceroyalty of New Spain Mexican Empire Provisional Government of Mexico United Mexican States Mexican Republic United Mexican States Mexican Empire ' |
| Nicaragua | Part of Real Audiencia of Guatemala Part of Captaincy General of Guatemala Part of Mexican Empire Part of Federal Republic of Central America ' |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Colony of Saint Christopher ' Colony of Nevis ' Colony of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla ' Part of West Indies Federation Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla ' ' ' |
| Saint Lucia | Colony of Sainte Lucie Colony of Saint Lucia ' Part of West Indies Federation Colony of Saint Lucia ' ' |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Colony of Saint Vincent ' Part of West Indies Federation Colony of Saint Vincent ' ' ' |
| United States | Thirteen Colonies -Province of New Hampshire -Province of Massachusetts Bay -Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations -Connecticut Colony -Province of New York -Province of New Jersey -Province of Pennsylvania -Delaware Colony -Province of Maryland -Colony of Virginia -Province of Carolina -Province of North Carolina -Province of South Carolina -Province of Georgia Vermont Republic Republic of West Florida Republic of Indian Stream Republic of Texas California Republic Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii ' |