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A royal colony is governed directly by the British crown, with a governor appointed by the monarch. In contrast, a proprietary colony is controlled by an individual or group to whom the monarch has granted land rights. Proprietary colonies operate as semi-independent entities with the ability to establish their own governments.
Her Majesty's Ship or His Majesty's Ship. It's a ship that belongs to a British Colony.
Very few: The great majority of the Empire is now the Commonwealth. Gibraltar is one example of somewhere which has, by self determination, retained British staus, the same applies to the Falkland Islands. Mozambique is the only member of the Commonwealth which was never a British colony.
The Commonwealth of Nations is a British organization set up to protect the head of state. As more and more countries were becoming independent, the British set up the organization allowing nations who were previously/presently under British control (at the time) to join, if they recognized the monarch of the United Kingdom as the head of their state. However, they are allowed their separate governments still. Since Canada was a previous British colony, they decided to join the commonwealth, which is why the head of state for Canada is Queen Elizabeth II.
It sounds like you may be living in one of the New England colonies in the early American history, where slavery was practiced in industries like iron production and shipbuilding. These colonies, such as Massachusetts or Rhode Island, relied on enslaved labor for economic development during that time period.
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the Virginia colony was located in the southern colonies
Georgia was the southern most colony of the original 13.
in the southern
Maryland colony is located in the southern colonies. Maryland is surrounded by Delaware and Virginia.
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Georgia
The British Colony. It's of the southern coast of South America.
Spain
The British Colony. It's of the southern coast of South America.
The British Colony. It's of the southern coast of South America.
Florida had been a Spanish colony and then was a British colony. It was an advantage for the United States to purchase it not to have British on their southern border.