crown colony

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crown colony

A British colony in which the government in London has some control of legislation, usually administered by an appointed governor.

crown colony

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a British colony whose administration and legislature is controlled by the Crown

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Crown Colony - a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor

dependency, colony - a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

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By 1624, fed up with mismanagement and infighting that produced bankruptcy for the Virginia Company rather than a profitable economic enterprise, King James I revoked the charter he had granted the company and declared Virginia a crown colony answerable to him.

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The former British Crown Colony is still an economic hub and a free-trade zone, several years after reverting to Chinese rule in 1997.

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Differentiation between natives and others happened largely for practical reasons: as in 1898-99, when it was decided that the New Territory, being so different in all respects, could not be administered in the same way as the Crown Colony proper.

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