The crown colonies , the dependent territories and the royal colony are terms used to describe the administration of the Great Britain overseas territory controlled by The British government. Thus they are examples of dependence that is under colonial rule. The crown colonies were given the name "British Population Region" in 1981, and since 2002, the Crown colonies have been officially known as the Overseas Territories.
In such areas, residents do not vote for British MPs. The Crown Colony is usually administered by a governor who directly controls the executive and is appointed by the "Crown" - a term which in practice usually means the British government, acting on behalf of the king. However, the term "Crown colony" is sometimes used for entities that have elected governments and partial autonomy; this is also known as self-regulating colony.
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The executive governor is sometimes supplemented by locally-elected and/or elected legislatures with limited powers - that is, the territory has no responsible government. For example, while the House of Assembly of Bermuda has been in existence continuously since the first session in 1620, Bermuda has only a government in charge since 1968. (Bermuda became Crown colony in 1684, when the government revoked the Royal Charter granted to Somers Isles Company, The Virginia company, which previously controlled the administration, included the appointment of the governor, after which the British/British government appointed the Governor of Bermuda.)
Despite its later use, the term "Crown colony" was used mainly, until the mid-19th century, to refer to colonies that had been acquired through war, such as Trinidad and Tobago. After that time, it is more widely applied to any colony than the Presidency and the provinces of British India and its self-governing colonies, such as Canada Province, Newfoundland, British Columbia, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and New Zealand.
In the mid-19th century, the monarch appointed the colonial governors only on the advice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The term Crown colony continued to be used until 1981, when the British Nationality Act of 1981 reclassified the remaining British colonies as the "British Population". At this time, the term "Crown colony" specifically refers to colonies without substantial autonomy, administered by an executive governor, designated by the British Government - such as Hong Kong, prior to its transference in 1997 to the People's Republic of China.
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There were three types of Crown colonies in 1918, with different degrees of autonomy:
The crown colony with the representative councils such as Bermuda, Jamaica, Ceylon, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Fiji contains two legislative chambers, made up of locally appointed and elected members.
The crown colonies with nominated councils such as English Honduras, Sierra Leone, Grenada and Hong Kong are fully managed by Crown-appointed members, with some designated representatives of local residents. Hong Kong has a board of representatives after the introduction of elections to the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 1995.
The crown colonies ruled directly by a Governor such as Basutoland, Gibraltar, Saint Helena, and Singapore are at least in number and have the least autonomy.
List
The following list includes areas owned by settlement, conquest or annexation to the United Kingdom or an independent commonwealth. a
^ a Source : This article incorporates text from publications now in the public domain: Great Britain Her Majesty's Stationery Station. Chronological table of laws . Her Majesty Stationery Office, London is part of the Public Sector Information Office.
See also
- Direct rule
- Dependence on the crown
- Self-organizing colonies
- Colonial Office
- English territory abroad
- United Kingdom
- Legislative council
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References
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