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The Queen Comes Ashore
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They were British colonies after 1707, when the parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed by dissolving both the English and Scottish parliaments. But before that everything was English. In May 1607, when Jamestown was founded, English (not British) colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry in Virginia to establish the first English (not British) settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
The terms "English," "British" and, for that matter, "United Kingdom" should be used appropriately in historical context. In 1801, the parliament of the United Kingdom was created when the kingdom of Great Britain was merged with the kingdom of Ireland to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Today Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. Together with Northern Ireland, all four are called the United Kingdom.
-- Subhash Vohra
Falls Church
