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 Ebook More Info -British Overseas Territory - Free For You.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The territories of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, though also under the sovereignty of the British Crown, have a slightly different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, and are consequently classed as Crown dependencies rather than overseas territories.
The growth of the British Empire in the early 18th century, to its peak in the 1920s, saw the UK acquire over one quarter of the world's land mass, including territories with large indigenous populations in Asia and Africa, which were held for commercial and strategic reasons rather than for settlement.
In territories with a permanent population, a Governor is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British Government, usually a retired senior military officer, or a senior civil servant.
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British gains in southern and East Africa prompted Rhodes and Alfred Milner, Britain's High Commissioner in South Africa, to urge a "Cape to Cairo" empire linking by rail the strategically important Canal to the mineral-rich South, though German occupation of Tanganyika prevented its realisation until the end of World War I.
The last territorial expansion of the British Empire was the annexation of Rockall to the west of the Outer Hebrides in 1955.
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.
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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 during 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 Atlantic provinces, and the colonisation of the smaller islands of the Caribbean such as Jamaica and Barbados.
Territory between the 13 Colonies and the Mississippi River, with conflicting claims between the Colonies, and which is now Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, part of Wisconsin, and part of Louisiana.
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 British Empire
Its territories were scattered across every continent and ocean, and it was described with some truth as "the empire on which the sun never sets." Arguably, its zenith was achieved in the 1890s and 1900s.
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.
Territory between the 13 Colonies and the Mississippi River, with conflicting claims between the Colonies, and which is now Alabama, Mississippi, Tennesee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, part of Wisconsin, and part of Louisiana.
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British: 20°W to 80°W; Overlaps Argentine and Chilean Claims; Claimed: 1908.
See:List of Commissioners of the British Antartic Territory, List of High Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory and List of Administrators of the British Antartic Territory[?]
The continent is surrounded by a large pack ice zone, in which one of the most remarkable ecosystems of the planet developed, based on the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba.
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It shares land borders with Canada in the north and Mexico in the south, shares a marine border with Russia in the west, and has a collection of districts, territories, and possessions around the globe.
The United States traces its national origin to the declaration by 13 British colonies in 1776 that they were free and independent states.
From July 18, 1947 until October 1, 1994, the US administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but recently entered into a new political relationship with all four political units.
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 Lists of incumbents - Wikipedia
This page serves to list those lists (in no particular order).
Current incumbents may be found in the countries' articles (main article and "Politics of").
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 British Empire
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps.
The British Empire was the world's first global power and history's largest Empire; by 1921, it held sway over a population of 400–500 million people — roughly a quarter of the world's population — and covered more than 14.1 million square miles (nearly 36 million square kilometres), roughly 24% of the world's total land area.
In 1899 Britain completed her takeover of what is todaySouth Africa, this had begun with the annexation of the Cape in 1795 then in the late 19th century following the Boer Wars the conquest of the Boer Republics.
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The British Empire was the world's first global power and history's largest Empire; by 1921, it held sway over a population of 500–600 million people — roughly a quarter of the world's population — and covered about 15.1 million square miles (nearly 37 million square kilometres), roughly 35% of the world's total land area.
The Americas in particular (especially in Argentina and the United States were seen as being well under the informal British trade Empire due to Britain's enforcment of the Monroe Doctrine keeping other European nations from establishing formal rule in the area.
Cuba was occupied and captured by the British in 1762.
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 Antarctica - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Territorial claims * Argentine: 25¡W to 74¡W; Overlaps Chilean and British Claims; Claimed in 1943.
* Brazilian: 28¡W to 53¡W; Overlaps Argentine, British and Chilean Claims; Zone of Interest Designated: 1986 * Chilean: 53¡W to 90¡W; Overlaps Argentine and British Claims; Claimed in 1940 * French: 142¡E to 136¡E; Claimed: 1924.
o See:British Antarctic Territory, List of Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory, List of High Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory and List of Administrators of the British Antarctic Territory The Antarctic Treaty defers these claims and most other nations do not recognize them.
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This is a Ɩist of High Commissioners and Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory ; the area of Antarctica cƖaimed by the United Kingdom
The first High Commissioner was appointed in 1962 foƖƖowing the estabƖishment of British Antarctic Territory as a separate British overseas territory
- John White (Antarctic Commissioner) (1997 - 2001)
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