Crown colony
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A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British crown colony | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of colonial administration
ⓘ
type of British colony ⓘ |
| aim |
exploit economic resources
ⓘ
maintain imperial control ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
dominion
ⓘ
protectorate ⓘ self-governing colony ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| example |
Barbados
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form:
Bermuda
British Guiana ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
Cyprus ⓘ Fiji ⓘ Gibraltar ⓘ Gold Coast ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Jamaica ⓘ Malta ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ Straits Settlements ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| governedBy |
British Crown
ⓘ
appointed governor ⓘ |
| governorAppointedBy | monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governorReportsTo |
Colonial Office
ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
limited local self-government
ⓘ
no local self-government ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType |
authoritarian colonial administration
ⓘ
centralized administration ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Executive Council
ⓘ
Legislative Council ⓘ |
| hasSubType |
penal colony
ⓘ
settlement colony ⓘ strategic colony ⓘ trading colony ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | English ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
British Parliament
ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ |
| partOf | British Empire ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
British Overseas Territories
ⓘ
surface form:
British Dependent Territory
British Overseas Territories ⓘ
surface form:
British Overseas Territory
|
| status | historical form of government ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British crown colony