Let's take a look at the name: colonies. If a land is a colony, it is a colony of something, that is, there is some other land that has control over it: in this case this was Great Britain: Great Britain had claims and control over the colonies.
Ps. England. The land was under English control but the land itself was often owned my individuals that the king owed money to,proprieters(business men) and the king.
So yes, as we can clearly see, the colonies that became the original United States were, in general, part of of the British, Spanish, and Dutch land claims. Although it should be noted that many of the people escaping persecution were from England.
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