British colonies

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former colonies overseas territories political entity collection

The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Empire territories	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former colonies ⓘ overseas territories ⓘ political entity collection ⓘ
administeredBy	Board of Trade and Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ British government NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonial Office NERFINISHED ⓘ local colonial governors ⓘ
associatedWith	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ exploitation of indigenous peoples ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ settler colonialism ⓘ
beganToForm	16th century ⓘ
coreOf	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
declinedIn	20th century ⓘ
decolonizationWave	post–World War II decolonization ⓘ
expandedRapidlyIn	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
governanceForm	Crown colony ⓘ charter colony ⓘ mandated territory ⓘ proprietary colony ⓘ protectorate ⓘ trust territory ⓘ
hadEconomicRole	plantation agriculture ⓘ resource extraction ⓘ strategic naval bases ⓘ trade and mercantilism ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
included	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt (as a British protectorate) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedPolicy	colonialism ⓘ imperialism ⓘ mercantilism ⓘ
languageInfluence	English language ⓘ
leftLegacyIn	administrative structures of former colonies ⓘ education systems of former colonies ⓘ legal systems of former colonies ⓘ transport and infrastructure networks in former colonies ⓘ
legalSystemInfluence	English common law NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
preceded	Commonwealth of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousInfluence	Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of many modern sovereign states ⓘ
sovereignOver	local populations in colonized regions ⓘ
successorEntitiesInclude	British Overseas Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ independent Commonwealth realms ⓘ republics within the Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
underSovereigntyOf	Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sterling area → keyMember → British colonies ⓘ

Catherine Arthur → residence → British colonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire territories