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	British Overseas Territories
		The British Overseas Territories (formerly known as a dependent territories or earlier as a crown colonies) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
		Overseas territories have never been considered integral parts of the United Kingdom, and have never had representation in the British Parliament, on the grounds that they are separate jurisdictions.
		Crown dependencies are possessions of the British Crown, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies of the United Kingdom.
	www.britlink.org (885 words)

	Crown colony
		A crown colony is a territory that is subject to the sovereign of the United Kingdom but is not a physical part of the United Kingdom.
		All British crown colonies recognize Elizabeth II as their head of state, but not their Queen.
		This is because all citizens of a crown colony are technically citizens of the UK, and not citizens of the colony.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cr/Crown_colony.html (402 words)

	Overseas Territories
		A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
		Overseas territories should be distinguished from crown dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which have a different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom), and protectorates (which were not formally under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom).
		Depending on the stage of the colony's evolution (see Stages of colonial evolution) these may be only exercised in a symbolic capacity.
	creekin.net /n141-overseas-territories.html (1217 words)

	EnciclopedyBritish Empire - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The overseas British Empire—in the sense of British oceanic exploration and settlement outside of Europe and the British Isles—was rooted in the pioneering maritime policies of King Henry VII, who reigned 1485–1509.
		The British Empire first took shape from the early 17th century, with the English settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, which would later become the original United States as well as Canada's Maritime provinces, and the colonisation of the smaller islands of the Caribbean such as Jamaica and Barbados.
		British withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of Africa was complicated by the region's white settler populations: Kenya had already provided an example in the Mau Mau Uprising of violent conflict exacerbated by white landownership and reluctance to concede majority rule.
	www.adago.com /British_Empire.html (4978 words)

	Great Britain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Britain’s overseas possessions (see British Empire) were augmented by the victorious outcome of the War of the Spanish Succession, ratified in the Peace of Utrecht (1713).
		Domestically the long ministry of Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42), during the reigns of George I and George II, was a period of relative stability that saw the beginnings of the development of the cabinet as the chief executive organ of government.
		The Conservative governments of Churchill and his successor, Anthony Eden (1955), were beset by numerous difficulties in foreign affairs, including the nationalization (1951) of British petroleum fields and refineries in Iran, the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya (1952–56), turmoil in Cyprus (1954–59), and the problem of apartheid in South Africa.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gr/GreatBri.html (7942 words)

	Crown dependency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These crown dependencies form a federacy with the United Kingdom, collectively known as the British Islands.
		The Bailiwick of Jersey consists of the Island of Jersey and its uninhabited dependencies.
		In the Isle of Man the British monarch is Lord of Mann (note the difference in spelling), a title variously held by Norse, Scots and English kings and nobles until it passed to the British monarch in 1765.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crown_dependency (1150 words)

	WriteToThem.com - British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
		The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory, with a Governor.
		The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory, with a Governor.
		Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, with a Governor.
	www.writetothem.com /about-elsewhere (670 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, British India, review article, Vinay Lal
		It is asserted that though the British "liked to assume that their role in the world was an essentially peaceful one", the "reality" was "a record of almost continuous conquest or violence overseas between 1783 and 1870" (p.
		The same war saw the British imprison Boer women and children in what were in effect concentration camps, and though Britain, the island civilization, prided itself on its unquestionable moral superiority to the militaristic Germans, it undoubtedly had a thing or two to teach to the Huns, as they were then called.
		Under British rule in India, peasants lived in "abject misery", the "forces of law and order were almost invariably deployed in favour of their oppressors", agricultural productivity in most of the country was "dismal", famine was recurrent, industries declined, and the population of the country until 1921 showed almost no increase (pp.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/British/BrEmp.html (3953 words)

	Britain
		Movements for the end of slavery came to fruition in British colonial possessions long before the similar movement in the United States; the trade was abolished in 1807 and slavery itself in Britain's dominions in 1833.
		Canadian settlements in Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia extended British influence to the Pacific, while further British conquests in India brought in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and the Central Provinces, East Bengal, and Assam.
		The resulting chain of British territories stretching from South Africa northward to Egypt realized an enthusiastic British public's idea of an African empire extending "from the Cape to Cairo." By the end of the 19th century, the British Empire comprised nearly one-quarter of the world's land surface and more than one-quarter of its total population.
	members.tripod.com /dianasafricandream/Empires/britain.htm (1161 words)

	Territories and dependencies
		Five British overseas territories, Gibraltar, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Montserrat, were included in an Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development draft "fllist" of tax havens with inadequate financial supersion published in June 2000.
		This status as Crown dependencies is rather like that of Puerto Rico and Guam vis-à-vis the United States, as they are not colonies, yet are not integral elements of the "United Kingdom".
		The role of the British Parliament is merely to provide defence and foreign relations for the dependencies, which are not considered to part of the European Union.
	www.centreforcitizenship.org /over.html (1456 words)

	British Embassy Tel Aviv, General UK Information: FAQs - Britain's overseas territories
		The Overseas Territories retain their connection with Britain because it is the wish of their peoples that they do so.
		Governors or Commissioners are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Foreign Secretary and retain responsibilty for external affairs, defence and, usually, internal security and public service.
		Britain's Overseas Territories comprise: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn Islands; St Helena and its dependencies, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Turks and Caicos Islands.
	www.britemb.org.il /generaluk/faqsoverseas.html (439 words)

	British Overseas Territories Act
		There are fourteen British overseas territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
		The term "overseas territories" is now in common use both within the territories and as between their governments and the British Government.
		It is necessary to define those persons who are to be British citizens by descent, because under the 1981 Act British citizenship can in general only be passed by descent to one generation; in other words British citizens by descent cannot normally pass their citizenship on to their children automatically.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/en2002/2002en08.htm (2687 words)

	Immigration and Nationality Directorate \| BN12 - Registration of someone who is a British overseas territories citizen, ...
		However, British overseas territories citizens may find their immigration status could be affected in the British overseas territory concerned and they should contact the Governor if they have any questions.
		From 1 January 1983, people could become British Dependent Territories citizens (or, after 26 February 2002, British overseas territories citizens) if they were born, adopted, registered or naturalised in a British overseas territory or if one of their parents was born, adopted, registered or naturalised in a British overseas territory.
		You may also be a British citizen if you are born on or after 21 May 2002 in a British overseas territory or born outside a British overseas territory to a parent who is a British citizen.
	www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk /applying/nationality/advice/bn12 (2085 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Constitutional Policy - Crown Dependencies
		Although in most cases it is not possible to include any overseas territories in the instrument of ratification, the scope of the ratification can be extended later to include them.
		Other departments and agencies should inform the Crown Dependencies Branch Official at the Department for Constitutional Affairs in advance where it is proposed that a Minister, or official, should discuss a matter relating to the Islands with a member of the public or an outside organisation.
		The Crown Dependencies Branch Official should also be consulted about all official visits to the Islands and about all visits by Ministers in order to ensure that the Island authorities are notified and, where appropriate, that their agreement to the proposed visit is obtained.
	www.dca.gov.uk /constitution/crown/govguide.htm (3053 words)

	British Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The overseas British Empire â” in the sense of British oceanic exploration and settlement outside of Europe and the British Isles â” was rooted in the pioneering maritime policies of King Henry VII, who reigned 1485â“1509.
		The last colonial expansion of the British Empire was the Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme, begun in 1938 and abandoned in 1963.
		The last territorial expansion of the British Empire was the annexation of Rockall to the west of the Outer Hebrides in 1955.
	abcworld.net /British_Empire.html (6400 words)

	Imperial Views
		During Victoria's long reign the dependencies and influence accumulated at a rapid pace, and by her death, the British Empire was the greatest the world had ever seen and the envy of other nations.
		ritain's overseas empire was of course reflected in contemporary periodicals, if not directly in news reports and commentary, then indirectly in fiction and humor, assumptions and inferences.
		The ensuing melodrama depends on the distance between exotic Australia and "home" for its dénouement, but the story's several messages about the evil of alcohol and the ennobling power of friendship would not be foreign to any English schoolboy.
	www.library.yale.edu /~mpowell/victorianper.html (4320 words)

	Bermuda - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Bermuda (adjective Bermudian) is an internally self-governing island Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
		The land was claimed by the British Crown and control was granted to a company in order to produce tobacco for the markets in London.
		After the American Revolution, the British Royal Navy began improving the harbours and built a large dockyard on the western end of the island.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/e/r/Bermuda.html (935 words)

	Guernsey - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is a British crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.
		Both the Guernsey Post post boxes and the telephone boxes are painted blue, but otherwise are identical to their British counterparts, the red pillar box and red telephone box.
		In sporting events in which Guernsey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations - there are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/u/e/Guernsey.html (1447 words)

	Saint Helena and Dependencies
		Saint Helena is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
		It has two dependencies; Ascension Island 700 miles to the north, and a group of islands 1300 miles to the south, of which Tristan da Cunha is the only one with a settled population.
		Between 1815 and 1821 the island was lent to the British Government as a place of exile for the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who died there on 5th May 1821.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/sh.html (911 words)

	Colonialism
		Dependency theorists such as Andre Gundar Frank, however, have argued that colonialism actually leads to the transfer of wealth from the colonized to the colonizer, and inhibits successful economic development.
		Post-colonialist critics such as Franz Fanon have argued that colonialism does political, psychological, and moral damage to the colonized as well.
		The British East India Company, founded in 1600
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Colonialism.html (202 words)

	British overseas territories Summary
		A British overseas territory is one of 14 (as of 2006) territories which are not part of the United Kingdom but come under its sovereignty.
		The name "British overseas territory" was introduced by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, and replaced th...
		British overseas territories: Location of the British overseas territories (British Antarctic Territory and Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus not shown)
	www.bookrags.com /British_overseas_territories (149 words)

	United Kingdom
		When a British (or American) ensign is flown "union down," it is obviously distinguishable from one flown in the normal fashion.
		The origin of the St. Patrick's cross introduced into the Union Jack in 1801 is a bit of a mystery.
		One of the reasons is probably that the flag is defined as having an "azure" field and in recent British heraldic tradition this has been interpreted as a mid to dark blue.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb.html (3308 words)

	Military personnel Locators, Find Military bases - Find Back a Dear Friend
		Dependency status: organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US
		Dependency status: possession of France; administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic
		Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II; Grytviken, formerly a whaling station on South Georgia, is a scientific base
	www.angelica.dds.nl /americamil.htm (397 words)

	Territories, Colonies, and Dependencies — Infoplease.com
		Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom - Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom Anguilla Bermuda British Indian...
		French Overseas Territories - French Overseas Territories French Polynesia New Caledonia and Dependencies Southern and Antarctic...
		Economic and political prospects for the British Atlantic Dependent Territories.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0762461.html (257 words)

	British Embassies, Embassies of the United Kingdom, embassy, embassies
		The dependencies of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, formally possessions of the Crown, form a federacy with the United Kingdom collectively known as the British Islands.
		A constitutional monarchy, the United Kingdom is a Commonwealth Realm, sharing the same person — Queen Elizabeth II — with the fifteen other Realms as monarch and head of state, forming a personal union with each.
		Although, after the dissolution of the British Empire, the UK's influence throughout the world steadily declined, it is still a significant power.
	www.allembassies.com /british_embassies.htm (415 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- British Empire - AOL Research & Learn
		overseas territories linked to Great Britain in a variety of constitutional relationships, established over a period of three centuries.
		In 1839, Lord Durham, in response to unrest in Canada, issued his Report on the Affairs of British North America.
		Durham stated that to retain its colonies Britain should grant them a large measure of internal self-government.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/british-empire/20051205202509990004 (1565 words)

	British West Indies to 1962 (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		National Security in the British Dependencies (Anguilla, BVI, Montserrat), by US Library of Congress.
		The British Army in the West Indies, by Roger Norman Buckley.
		British Occupation of Anguilla, 1969-1971, by Frank Goodwill.
	www.regiments.org /nations/westindies/westind.htm (893 words)

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