Definition of Crown colony. Meaning of Crown colony. Synonyms of Crown colony

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Definition of Crown colony

Crown colony
Crown colony Crown colony A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.

Meaning of Crown colony from wikipedia

- A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire...
- ****anese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a dependent territory from...
- The Crown Colony of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies (commonly known as the Crown Colony of Malta or simply Malta) was the British colony in the...
- Aden Colony (Arabic: مُسْتْعَمَرَةْ عَدَنْ, romanized: Musta'marat 'Adan) was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1963 located in the southern...
- The Crown Colony of North Borneo was a Crown colony on the island of Borneo established in 1946 shortly after the dissolution of the British Military...
- British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America — specifically located on the southern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula from 1783...
- The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British Crown colony on the island of Borneo, established in 1946, shortly after the dissolution of the British Military...
- The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire...
- The Colony of Singapore was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom that encomp****ed what is modern-day Singapore from 1946 to 1958. During this period, Christmas...
- Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa...