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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:British_colony
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gptkbp:abolished
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1907
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gptkbp:area
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405,212 km²
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:St._John's
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:British_pound
gptkb:Newfoundland_dollar
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gptkbp:established
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1583
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gptkbp:establishedBy
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gptkb:England
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gptkbp:firstGovernor
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David Kirke
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_Newfoundland_Colony
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gptkbp:lastRuler
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gptkb:Sir_Gordon_Macdonald
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Newfoundland
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:Dominion_of_Newfoundland
1907
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Responsible government granted in 1855
First English colony in North America
French and British conflicts
Site of early transatlantic fisheries
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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English
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gptkbp:population
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about 220,000 (1901)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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English overseas possessions
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
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gptkbp:status
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gptkb:British_colony
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Dominion_of_Newfoundland
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Flag_of_Newfoundland_Colony
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Newfoundland Colony
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