| 词汇 | crown-colony |
| 释义 | crown colony noun[ C ] (alsoCrown colony)uk /ˌkraʊn ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ us /ˌkraʊn ˈkɑː.lə.ni/ in the past, an area or country that was ruled by the British king or queen and had a British governor: （英国）直辖殖民地 The crown colony of New South Wales became part of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Compare overseas territory Newfoundland refused to join the new Canadian confederation in the 1860s, remaining a crown colony. Tokelau was once part of the British crown colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Jamaica became a Crown colony ruled directly from London, eventually becoming independent in 1962. Colonization & self-government acknowledgement of country annex annexation anti-colonial anti-colonialism colony commonwealth condominium declare independence decolonization independence Independence Day intercolonial land acknowledgment Nat secede secession self-determination self-governing self-government Examples of crown colonycrown colony And now the collapse of the island's sole economic backbone drew the whole crowncolony in a financial crisis of unforeseen extent. It administers the golden handshake in a series of driblets, small portions of monies which are carefully checked and monitored as if the state were still a crowncolony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1889 the two islands were incorporated into a single crowncolony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dissatisfaction with crowncolony rule reached its peak during the period between the world wars, as demands for responsible self-government grew. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1720 the process of transition from a proprietary colony to a crowncolony had begun. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1889 the two islands became a single crowncolony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It became a crowncolony in 1862. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such financial constraints applied to all crown colonies. He was also a visionary nationalist who became the driving force behind the crown colony's quest for independence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Crowncolony government in all important cases is representative government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The 1896 plebiscite could be seen as part of the first major debate on the constitutional reform in the crowncolony during the 1890s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Virginia became a crowncolony and the governor and council would be chosen by the king. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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