Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakati pezana remakore rechi19, Britain yakatanga kupa nyika dzayo dzakanga dzasara muNorth America kodzero yokuzvitonga. Mazhinji emakoloni aya akabatana neConfederation of Canada muma1860 kana kuti muma1870, kunyange zvazvo Newfoundland yaizoda
kusapinda muCanada kutozosvikira muna 1949. Canada yakawana kuzvitonga kuzere pashure pokupfuura kweStatute of Westminster muna 1931, kunyange zvazvo yakachengeta zvisungo zvakasiyana-siyana kuBritain uye ichiri kuziva mambo weBritain somusoro wenyika. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yemashoko, mazhinji emakoloni eBritain akasara muAmerica akawana rusununguko pakati pa 1962 na 1983. Zvizhinji zvezvaiva matunhu eBritain rutivi rweCommonwealth of Nations, mubatanidzwa wezvamatongerwe enyika unonyanya kuumbwa nevaiva matunhu oUmambo hweBritain.