List of colonial governors in 1775 explained
Austria
France
Great Britain
- Canada
- United States
- Province of Georgia – James Wright, Colonial governors of Georgia (1760–1776)
- Gibraltar – Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Gibraltar (1761–1776)
- Province of New Jersey – William Franklin, Colonial governors of New Jersey (1763–1776)
- Province of New Hampshire – Sir John Wentworth, Governor of the Province of New Hampshire (1767–1775)
- Province of Maryland – Sir Robert Eden, Colonial governors of Maryland (1769–1776)
- Colony of Connecticut – Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut Colony (1769–1776)
- Province of Virginia – John Murray, Governor of the Province of Virginia (1771–1775)
- Province of New York – William Tryon, Governor of New York (1771–1777)
- Province of North Carolina – Josiah Martin, Governor of North Carolina (1771–1776)
- Province of Massachusetts Bay – Thomas Gage, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1774–1775)
- Province of Pennsylvania – John Penn, Colonial governors of Pennsylvania (1773–1776)
- Colony of Jamaica – Basil Keith, Governors of Jamaica (1774–1777)
- British India – Warren Hastings, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (1772–1785)
Portugal
Spain