Colonists were "outside the realm" of England, connected only by separate ties to the crown and beyond the legislative jurisdiction of Parliament.
A dominion is a nation (in the British Empire) that was allowed to govern their own domestic affairs.
The word "dominion" was never officially part of Canada's name. The confusion has arisen because many more nouns were capitalized in the 1800s than are capitalized today. The word "dominion" was merely a descriptive noun that was capitalized.
The Old Dominion is the nickname, given by King Charles II, to Virginia.
To increase his control over the American colonies, James II established the Dominion of New England.
Canada officially became a country on July 1, 1867. The term "Dominion" is simply a historical reference to Section 3 of the British North America Act: "one dominion under the name of Canada". Canada was never known officially as "The Dominion of Canada". It found its way into popular venues such as paper currency and school maps. However, on Canadian bills it was meant as "The Dominion Under Canada" and on school maps as "The Queen's Dominion of Canada". It is difficult to say when it stopped being used as it was never really a true title. However, after independent Canadian citizenship was created in 1947 the word "dominion" quickly began to fall out of favour with the public. However, if one really needed to pin down a specific date for the fazing out of the term "dominion" it would be November 8, 1951. On this date, Prime Minister Louis St.Laurent stated in the House of Commons "I can say at once that it is the policy of this government when statutes come up for review or consolidating to replace the word 'dominion' with the word 'Canada.''.
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We have dominion over the animals, which means we are responsible for their welfare and well being.
It is not a "dominion" it is a Confederation of Nations.
No Dominion has 272 pages.
Dominion Network ended in 1962.
The Mother of Presidents or the Old Dominion.
Virginia is called the Old Dominion State.
Dominion Resources was created in 1983.
Dominion III was created in 1998.
Dominion War happened in 2373.
Dominion Observatory was created in 1905.
Kings Dominion was created in 1975.