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Meaning of "crown colony"
crown colony: This phrase refers to a type of administrative division or territory that is under the direct control of a monarch or sovereign state. It historically denotes a colony or territory governed by a British monarch, with direct rule exercised by a governor appointed by the crown. The term is often used in reference to former British colonies, such as Hong Kong or Gibraltar.
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- A British colony ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch.
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Then it becomes a fully fledged crown colony.
Virginia became a crown colony and the governor and council would be appointed by the king.
Bermuda becomes a crown colony.
Our Crown colony ofJamaica is starving.
Singapore however was separated from the confederation and made a crown colony in its own right.
The Philippines remained a crown colony of Spain for over three centuries.
Freetown settlement becomes a British crown colony.
Crown colony of the Straits Settlements.
Brazil was formerly a Portuguese crown colony.
India was a British Crown Colony with its own army.
The former Straits Settlement of Singapore was administered as a separate crown colony.
Proudly present to the crown colony of Hong Kong.
Crown Colony class cruiser.
Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
The British crown colony of the Straits Settlements is established.
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Aden becomes a British crown colony.
Hong Kong was a British crown colony before its occupation by Japanese.
Kuching remained as capital during the Crown Colony period.
Newfoundland returns to Crown colony status, following financial collapse.
The Port was made the capital of the new British crown colony called Ceylon.
The British crown colony of Gibraltar connects to Tangier through a high-speed boat service.
Offshore lay the small British crown colony of Labuan.
Southern Rhodesia had the distinction amongst Britain 's African colonies of being a self-governing Crown Colony.
Cyprus becomes a Crown colony.
The British had set up a Crown Colony in West Africa-Sierra Leone-and transported freed slaves there.
The flag of the United Kingdom and the flag of the Crown colony were lowered.
Massachusetts became a crown colony at the end of the 17th century.
But Gibraltar is still a British crown colony.
The Bahamas became a crown colony of the United Kingdom within its colonial empire in 1717.
Labuan is made a British Crown colony.
The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
The British surrendered their crown colony to China.
Crown Colony of North Borneo ( now Sabah ) achieves self governance.
Postwar Singapore as a British crown colony.
Crown Colony Plaza = = = Crown Colony is the smallest section of the park.
Ceylon was not returned to the Dutch and was made a British Crown Colony.
Prince Edward Island was a British crown colony before it joined Canadian Confederation in 1873.
The Company was eventually replaced by direct administration from the Crown Colony.
Cession of Hong Kong Island, founded as a crown colony of the United Kingdom.
This issue was struck to celebrate the centennial of British Columbia 's establishment as a crown colony.
Proprietary rule ended in Grenada, which became a French crown colony as a dependency of Martinique.
After the Japanese Occupation, the Straits Settlements were dissolved in 1946 and Singapore became a Crown colony.
In 1813 the island was transformed into a British Crown colony by the Bathurst Constitution.
When Jamaica gained independence, the Islands were split and became a separate Crown colony.
Crown colony era - the Governor-General.
The alternate Bathurst served as the lieutenant governor of the Crown Colony of Georgia.
Seychelles became a crown colony separate from Mauritius in 1903.
She was the first ever female barrister in the British Crown Colony of Montserrat.
It was declared a crown colony and placed under a British governor in 1925.
Jamaica then became a direct-ruled crown colony.
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