Royal Charter of 1889

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constitutional document royal charter

The Royal Charter of 1889 was a British government charter that granted the British South Africa Company extensive powers to administer, exploit, and expand colonial territories in southern Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Charter of 1889 canonical	1
Royal Charter of the British South Africa Company	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ royal charter ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Bechuanaland hinterland ⓘ Mashonaland region ⓘ surface form: Mashonaland Matabeleland ⓘ southern Africa ⓘ territories north of the Limpopo River ⓘ
authorizedOrganization	British South Africa Company ⓘ
containsProvision	limitation that the company could not annex territory in the name of the Crown without approval ⓘ obligation to report to the Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ obligation to respect existing treaties made by the British government ⓘ requirement for British government oversight of the company ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateGranted	1889 ⓘ
effect	creation of a de facto colonial state under corporate control ⓘ establishment of company rule in large parts of south-central Africa ⓘ facilitation of British territorial claims against rival European powers ⓘ
followedBy	expansion of British South Africa Company territories in the 1890s ⓘ
grantedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Queen Victoria ⓘ
grantedPower	right to acquire land and mineral rights ⓘ right to administer justice in chartered territories ⓘ right to build infrastructure such as railways and telegraphs ⓘ right to create administrative regulations ⓘ right to establish and maintain armed forces ⓘ right to establish police forces ⓘ right to issue its own postage stamps in the territories ⓘ right to make treaties with African rulers ⓘ right to raise revenue in chartered territories ⓘ
grantedTo	British South Africa Company ⓘ
influenced	political boundaries of modern Botswana ⓘ political boundaries of modern Zambia ⓘ political boundaries of modern Zimbabwe ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	charter ⓘ
legalStatus	instrument of British imperial policy ⓘ
locationOfSignatory	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalContext	competition with Portugal and Germany in southern Africa ⓘ late 19th-century British imperial expansion ⓘ
purpose	administration of colonial territories in southern Africa ⓘ economic exploitation of resources in southern Africa ⓘ territorial expansion of British influence in southern Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	British South Africa Company ⓘ Cecil Rhodes ⓘ colonialism in southern Africa ⓘ formation of Northern Rhodesia ⓘ formation of Southern Rhodesia ⓘ scramble for Africa ⓘ
significance	key document in the history of corporate colonial rule in Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British South Africa Company → legalBasisOfRule → Royal Charter of 1889 ⓘ

British South Africa Company forces → legalBasis → Royal Charter of 1889 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Charter of the British South Africa Company