Ka kammala wannan magana: A tsakiyar ƙarni na 19, Biritaniya ta soma ba da 'yancin kai ga sauran ƙasashen da ta mallaka a Arewacin Amirka. Yawancin waɗannan yankuna sun shiga Tarayyar Kanada a cikin 1860s ko 1870s, kodayake Newfoundland zai
ba shiga Kanada har sai 1949. Kanada ta sami cikakken 'yancin kai bayan wucewar Dokar Westminster 1931, kodayake ta ci gaba da alaƙa da Burtaniya kuma har yanzu tana yarda da masarautar Burtaniya a matsayin shugaban ƙasa. Bayan farawar Yakin Cacar Baki, yawancin ragowar mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a Amurka sun sami 'yanci tsakanin 1962 da 1983. Da yawa daga cikin ƙasashen da Biritaniya ta mallaka a dā suna cikin Commonwealth of Nations, ƙungiyar siyasa da ta ƙunshi ƙasashen da Biritaniya ta mallaka a dā.