crown colonies
Directly ruled possessions
Crown colonies are territories under direct British sovereign control, governed by officials appointed by the Crown rather than through local elected assemblies.
The term distinguished these possessions from self-governing dominions and protectorates.
Hong Kong was a crown colony until 1997.
The designation is largely historical, as most former crown colonies have since gained independence or evolved into different constitutional arrangements.
- overseasIn foreign countries
- governorState's chief executive
- governor generalMonarch's representative in Commonwealth
- rulingFormal legal determination
- expansionismPolicy of territorial growth
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Territories under sovereign rule
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