former British colony
C78
concept
A former British colony is a territory that was once governed or administered by the British Empire but has since gained independence or undergone a change in political status.
All labels observed (45)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former colony | 116 |
| historical political entity | 108 |
| British colony | 53 |
| former British colony canonical | 41 |
| former British protectorate | 9 |
| British colony in North America | 8 |
| Thirteen Colonies | 8 |
| British dominion | 6 |
| colonial possession | 5 |
| former British territory | 4 |
| former colonial name | 4 |
| British colonial possession | 3 |
| former colonial entity | 3 |
| British colonial entity | 2 |
| British crown colony | 2 |
| British overseas territory | 2 |
| North American colony | 2 |
| former colony in Africa | 2 |
| former province of British India | 2 |
| British American colonies | 1 |
| British Crown colony | 1 |
| British Dominion | 1 |
| British colonial province | 1 |
| British colonial territory | 1 |
| British colonies in North America | 1 |
| British overseas settlement | 1 |
| English overseas possession | 1 |
| charter colony | 1 |
| constituent country of the British Empire | 1 |
| former British North American colony | 1 |
| former British colonial possession | 1 |
| former British dominion | 1 |
| former British overseas possession | 1 |
| former British overseas territory | 1 |
| former British possession | 1 |
| former colonial territories | 1 |
| former colonial territory in Africa | 1 |
| former colonies | 1 |
| former colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom | 1 |
| former components of the British Empire | 1 |
| former federation of colonies | 1 |
| period of British rule | 1 |
| period of direct British crown rule | 1 |
| province of the Kingdom of Great Britain | 1 |
| remnants of the British Empire | 1 |
Instances (311)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Chota Nagpur princely states | historical political entity |
| Hungarian Crown lands within Austria-Hungary | historical political entity |
| Tanganyika | former British territory |
| New Sweden | former colony |
| Serbian principalities | historical political entity |
| Dutch Mauritius | former colony |
| Dominion of South Africa | British dominion |
| Federated Malay States | historical political entity |
| East Bengal and Assam | former province of British India |
| Ville-Marie | former colony |
| Portuguese Gold Coast | former colony |
|
Riker family of New York
surface form:
New Amsterdam
|
former colony |
| Colony of Aden | British Crown colony |
| Viceroyalty of Peru | former colony |
| Portuguese Ceylon | former colony |
| Province of Maine | British colony |
| Viceroyalty of New Granada | former colony |
|
Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned)
surface form:
Crown Colony of Labuan
|
British crown colony |
| Crown Colony of Singapore | — |
| Malayan Union | — |
| British Ceylon | — |
| Bencoolen | former British possession |
| Colony of New Brunswick | British colony |
| Dominion of India | British Dominion |
| Spanish Sahara | former colony |
| Colony of Nova Scotia | British colony |
| Crown Colony of New Jersey | British crown colony |
| Allied-occupied Berlin | historical political entity |
| French Equatorial Africa | former federation of colonies |
| Canada West | — |
| Transvaal | — |
| Plymouth Colony | British colony in North America |
| Canada East | — |
| Indian princely states | historical political entity |
| Colony of Newfoundland | British colony |
| Colony of Vancouver Island | British colony |
| French Indochina | historical political entity |
| German East Africa | former colony |
| United States of Indonesia | historical political entity |
| Irish Free State | British dominion |
| Demerara | former colony |
| Saybrook Colony | former colony |
| Colony of British Columbia (mainland) | — |
| Tonkin | former colony |
| Essequibo | former colony |
| Orange River Sovereignty | former British territory |
| Orange River Colony | — |
| Colony of Natal | — |
| German New Guinea | former colony |
| United Colonies of America | historical political entity |