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Definition of Crown Colony in English: Crown Colonynounˌkraʊn ˈkɒləniˌkraʊn ˈkɑləni historical A British colony whose legislature and administration was controlled by the Crown, represented by a governor. Example sentencesExamples - On December 1, 1865, the secretaries of state for the colonies tore up the Jamaican Constitution and recommended a Crown Colony government for the island.
- Similar groups of settlers formed governments in The Bahamas until the islands became a British Crown Colony in 1717.
- Afterwards, Moshoeshoe persuaded the British to establish his kingdom as a Crown Colony, to deter encroachment from other Europeans and Afrikaners.
- The Cayman Islands are a British Crown Colony with strong ties to the United Kingdom.
- The Hong Kong where I lived for nearly a decade was exactly what it was called: a Crown Colony, with an appointed British governor presiding over an executive-led administration.
- In the 1830s, the British Crown Colony of Natal was founded on the coast of Zululand in the east.
- Although still a British Crown Colony, the islands today are self-governed in nearly all respects.
- The Bahamas became a British Crown Colony in 1717.
- The region only became a British Protectorate in 1895 and a Crown Colony called Kenya in 1920.
- The Greek majority population of the British Crown Colony of Cyprus demanded independence and union with Greece.
- The two islands were administratively joined in 1888; British Crown Colony government lasted until independence in 1962.
- After World War II, Sabah became a British Crown Colony and in 1963 gained independence and joined Malaysia.
- A Dutch Crown Colony, Statia (as she is usually called), is charming, but a little neglected and unloved.
- A British Crown Colony from 1866, representative government was gradually introduced from 1884.
- For much of its history, Hong Kong was a Crown Colony of Britain, yet it had created a distinct cinema that had nothing or little to do with Britain.
- St. Lucia alternated between French and British control fourteen times before it became a British Crown Colony under the Treaty of Paris in 1814.
Definition of Crown Colony in US English: Crown Colonynounˌkroun ˈkälənēˌkraʊn ˈkɑləni historical A British colony whose legislature and administration is controlled by the Crown, represented by a governor. Example sentencesExamples - In the 1830s, the British Crown Colony of Natal was founded on the coast of Zululand in the east.
- The Bahamas became a British Crown Colony in 1717.
- The Hong Kong where I lived for nearly a decade was exactly what it was called: a Crown Colony, with an appointed British governor presiding over an executive-led administration.
- Similar groups of settlers formed governments in The Bahamas until the islands became a British Crown Colony in 1717.
- The two islands were administratively joined in 1888; British Crown Colony government lasted until independence in 1962.
- After World War II, Sabah became a British Crown Colony and in 1963 gained independence and joined Malaysia.
- The Cayman Islands are a British Crown Colony with strong ties to the United Kingdom.
- A Dutch Crown Colony, Statia (as she is usually called), is charming, but a little neglected and unloved.
- St. Lucia alternated between French and British control fourteen times before it became a British Crown Colony under the Treaty of Paris in 1814.
- A British Crown Colony from 1866, representative government was gradually introduced from 1884.
- The Greek majority population of the British Crown Colony of Cyprus demanded independence and union with Greece.
- Although still a British Crown Colony, the islands today are self-governed in nearly all respects.
- For much of its history, Hong Kong was a Crown Colony of Britain, yet it had created a distinct cinema that had nothing or little to do with Britain.
- Afterwards, Moshoeshoe persuaded the British to establish his kingdom as a Crown Colony, to deter encroachment from other Europeans and Afrikaners.
- The region only became a British Protectorate in 1895 and a Crown Colony called Kenya in 1920.
- On December 1, 1865, the secretaries of state for the colonies tore up the Jamaican Constitution and recommended a Crown Colony government for the island.
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