British colonies

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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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Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonies ⓘ
overseas territories ⓘ
political entity collection ⓘ
administeredBy Board of Trade and Plantations ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Colonial Office ⓘ
local colonial governors ⓘ
associatedWith Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
exploitation of indigenous peoples ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
settler colonialism ⓘ
beganToForm 16th century ⓘ
coreOf British Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early modern period ⓘ
included Australia ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt (as a British protectorate) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Egypt

Fiji ⓘ
Gibraltar ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Jamaica ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Malaya ⓘ
linked to: British Malaya

New Zealand ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Rhodesia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies in North America ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
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 ⓘ
linked to: English law
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
preceded Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
religiousInfluence Protestant Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn creation of many modern sovereign states ⓘ
sovereignOver local populations in colonized regions ⓘ
successorEntitiesInclude British Overseas Territories ⓘ
independent Commonwealth realms ⓘ
republics within the Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
underSovereigntyOf Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom

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Referenced by (10)

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

Sterling area → keyMember → British colonies ⓘ
Catherine Arthur → residence → British Empire territories ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
Treaty of The Hague (1661) → appliesToJurisdiction → English colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
.577 Snider → usedInRegion → British Empire colonies ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
colonial government of Carolina → partOf → English colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
pound (unit of currency) → historicallyUsedInCountry → British colonies and protectorates ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
Board of Control in London → appliesToJurisdiction → East India Company territories ⓘ
linked to: British colonies
Noel Ernest Money → sphereOfInfluence → British colonies ⓘ
CUKC → appliedTo → British colonies ⓘ