British West Florida

30°25′58.9″N 87°11′26.5″W / 30.433028°N 87.190694°W / 30.433028; -87.190694

Colony of West Florida
Colony of Great Britain
1763–1783
Flag of Great Britain
British West Florida in 1767
Capital	Pensacola
Government
Governor
• 1763	Augustine Prévost
• 1770–1783	Peter Chester
History
• Treaty of Paris (1763)	10 February 1763
• Peace of Paris (1783)	1783
Preceded by Succeeded by Louisiana (New France) Spanish Florida Spanish West Florida

British West Florida was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1763 until 1783, when it was ceded to Spain as part of the Peace of Paris.

British West Florida comprised parts of the modern U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Effective British control ended in 1781 when Spain captured Pensacola. The territory subsequently became a colony of Spain, parts of which were gradually annexed piecemeal by the United States beginning in 1810.