British colonies

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The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonies
overseas territories
political entity collection
administeredBy Board of Trade and Plantations
British government
linked to: UK government

Colonial Office
local colonial governors
associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
exploitation of indigenous peoples
missionary activity
settler colonialism
beganToForm 16th century
coreOf British Empire
declinedIn 20th century
decolonizationWave post–World War II decolonization
expandedRapidlyIn 18th century
19th century
governanceForm Crown colony
charter colony
mandated territory
proprietary colony
protectorate
trust territory
hadEconomicRole plantation agriculture
resource extraction
strategic naval bases
trade and mercantilism
historicalPeriod 19th century
20th century
Age of Discovery
linked to: Age of Exploration

early modern period
included Australia
British India
Canada
Cyprus
Egypt (as a British protectorate)
linked to: Kingdom of Egypt

Fiji
Gibraltar
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Jamaica
Kenya
Malaya
linked to: British Malaya

New Zealand
Nigeria
Rhodesia
Singapore
South Africa
Sudan
Thirteen Colonies in North America
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
involvedPolicy colonialism
imperialism
mercantilism
languageInfluence English language
leftLegacyIn administrative structures of former colonies
education systems of former colonies
legal systems of former colonies
transport and infrastructure networks in former colonies
legalSystemInfluence English common law
linked to: English law
locatedIn Africa
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
Middle East
Oceania
partOf British Empire
preceded Commonwealth of Nations
religiousInfluence Protestant Christianity
resultedIn creation of many modern sovereign states
sovereignOver local populations in colonized regions
successorEntitiesInclude British Overseas Territories
independent Commonwealth realms
republics within the Commonwealth of Nations
underSovereigntyOf Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom

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Sterling area keyMember British colonies
Catherine Arthur residence British Empire territories
linked to: British colonies
Treaty of The Hague (1661) appliesToJurisdiction English colonial empire
linked to: British colonies
.577 Snider usedInRegion British Empire colonies
linked to: British colonies
colonial government of Carolina partOf English colonial empire
linked to: British colonies
pound (unit of currency) historicallyUsedInCountry British colonies and protectorates
linked to: British colonies
Board of Control in London appliesToJurisdiction East India Company territories
linked to: British colonies
Noel Ernest Money sphereOfInfluence British colonies
CUKC appliedTo British colonies