Colony of Nova Scotia

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Gulf_of_St._Lawrence
gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Halifax
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Nova_Scotia_pound
gptkb:Canadian_dollar
gptkbp:dissolved 1867
gptkbp:established 1710
gptkbp:firstGovernor gptkb:Francis_Nicholson
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Governor_of_Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Abolition_of_slavery_(early_19th_century)
gptkb:Arrival_of_Loyalists_(1783)
gptkb:Halifax_Treaties_(1760-1761)
gptkb:Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)
gptkb:Treaty_of_Utrecht_(1713)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:historicalRegion gptkb:Maritimes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Nova Scotia
gptkbp:joinedConfederation 1867
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Sir_Charles_Hastings_Doyle
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Canada
1867
gptkbp:motto Munit haec et altera vincit
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Expulsion_of_the_Acadians
American Revolution involvement
Halifax founded in 1749
War of 1812 involvement
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Michael_Francklin
gptkb:Edward_Cornwallis
gptkb:Jonathan_Belcher
gptkb:Charles_Lawrence
gptkb:Joseph_Howe
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_North_America
gptkbp:population about 330,000 (1861 census)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Acadia
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Province_of_Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:territoryIncludes gptkb:St._John's_Island
gptkb:New_Brunswick_(until_1784)
gptkb:Prince_Edward_Island_(until_1769)
gptkb:Cape_Breton_Island
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dominion_of_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5