Crown colony

A Crown colony, also known in the 17th century as royal colony, was a type of colonial administration of the British overseas territories.

Crown, or royal, colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch. By the middle of the 19th century, the sovereign appointed royal governors on the advice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Under the name of "royal colony", the first of what would later become known as Crown colonies was the English Colony of Virginia in the present-day United States, after the Crown, in 1624, revoked the royal charter it had granted to the Virginia Company, taking over direct administration.

Until the mid-19th century, the term "Crown colony" was primarily used to refer to those colonies that had been acquired through wars, such as Trinidad and Tobago and British Guiana, but after that time it was more broadly applied to any colony other than the Presidencies and provinces of British India and the colonies of settlement, such as The Canadas, Newfoundland, British Columbia, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and New Zealand, later to become the Dominions.

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'Say you want a revolution?': 250 years ago, 'The shot heard around the world' rang out

The Gardner News 21 Mar 2025
... inflamed by Boston’s wealthy merchant elite — in turn King George felt money was owed to the Crown after the expense of the Seven Years' War defending the colonies — things were at a boiling point.
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Where to Find Summer Bliss on the East Coast, from Nantucket to the Florida Keys

New York Observer 20 Mar 2025
Meanwhile, the sporting set finds their bliss along New England’s storied summer colonies ... This idyllic 18th-century colonial mansion-turned-luxury resort is Cape Cod’s crown jewel, a Hamptons-esque retreat for Boston’s elite.
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757Teamz high school tennis preview: Bay Rivers District boys, Great Bridge girls should fare well

Daily Press 19 Mar 2025
They plan to play Hickory, Maury and First Colonial, plus perennial Class 3 state champ Western Albemarle. Triple Crown Christoph? ... Since he’s a Commodore, he’s a threat to win a region triple crown.
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Where is the bejewelled crown of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar?

The Times of India 19 Mar 2025
The crown, in particular, serves as a tangible connection to the once-great Mughal dynasty and its imperial legacy, while also marking the transition to British colonial rule in India.
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Which Topeka property owner has over $144 million in assessed property value?

cjonline 19 Mar 2025
Topeka and Shawnee County has three main residential property owners ... Lane St. had a total appraisal value of $17,753,800.Crown Point at 3711 S.W ... 37th St ... 27th St ... Villa West Drive, has a total appraised value of $32,384,300.Crown Colony at 900 S.W ...
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Wall Street Journal 16 Mar 2025
As tensions grew between American colonists and the British crown, the strategic importance of the largest, wealthiest colony became clear ... .
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2025 NCAA Tournament bracket: Ranking every team playing in March Madness from No. 1 to 68

CBS Sports 16 Mar 2025
Finally. WE HAVE A BRACKET!. Every year, without fail, the anticipation and release of the NCAA Tournament field provides such a sports adrenaline rush ... It's a beautiful mess ... 68 ... The Colonials wear the crown out of the Horizon League with a 26-8 record ... .
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How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green

Chatham Journal 13 Mar 2025
St ... Patrick ... Since the 12th century, Ireland had been a colony of Great Britain. Like the American Colonists who rebelled against the British crown, a group of rebels called the United Irish launched an insurrection in 1798 in a quest for independence ... .
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High-profile trainers field Virginia Derby entries

Daily Press 11 Mar 2025
Fewer than 500 general-admission tickets remain at $5 apiece for Saturday’s Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs, which will include entries from Bob Baffert, D ... Colonial Downs will host races Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week.
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Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part I

TPM 11 Mar 2025
But the fear hung over the British Isles and thus over their American colonies well into the 17th and 18th centuries. The term referred to subjects of the Crown who were themselves so powerful that ...
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UNC Wilmington vs. Delaware prediction, odds, time: 2025 CAA Tournament final picks, best bets by ...

CBS Sports 11 Mar 2025
The champion of the Colonial Athletic Association will be crowned on Tuesday night when the No. 2 seed UNC Wilmington Seahawks take on the No. 12 seed Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens ... Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET at CareFirst Arena in Washington D.C ... Delaware.
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Most Greenlanders are Lutheran, 300 years after a missionary brought the faith to the remote island

Odessa American 09 Mar 2025
For some, it’s a way to publicly and permanently reject the legacy of Danish colonialism and European influence ... Greenland was a colony under Denmark’s crown until 1953, when it became a province in the Scandinavian country.
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Chew: LaFayette’s 1825 visit to Charleston area offers model for liberty today

Charleston City Paper 06 Mar 2025
Why? Because of their stirring fight for freedom from British colonial rule.
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Takeaways from AP’s report on why so many Greenlanders are Lutheran

Wtop 06 Mar 2025
For some, it’s a way to publicly and permanently reject the legacy of Danish colonialism and European influence ... Greenland was a colony under Denmark’s crown until 1953, when it became a province in the Scandinavian country.
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