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==Protectorates==
==Protectorates==
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Protectorates have indigenous governments, and wide
=Demographics=
=Demographics=
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The most common ethnicity in the British Empire is Indian.
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=Flags=
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==Union Flag==
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The Union Flag is not only the flag of the United Kingdom, it is the flag of the Empire. As such, it has precedence over all Colonial and Protectorate flags, but is equal to Dominion flags (but together the Union Flag has precedence)
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==Dominion Flags==
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_South_Africa_1928-1994.svg/100px-Flag_of_South_Africa_1928-1994.svg.png<br>'''Union of South Africa'''<br>
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==British Indian Empire Flag==
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/100px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png
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==Crown Colony Flags==
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Colony_of_Aden.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Colony_of_Aden.svg.png<br>'''Colony of Aden'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png<br>'''British Antarctic Territory'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Barbados_1958.png/100px-Flag_of_Barbados_1958.png<br>'''Colony of Barbados'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/100px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png<br>'''Bermuda'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/British_Burma_1937_flag.png/100px-British_Burma_1937_flag.png<br>'''Burma'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/British_Cameroons_Flag.gif<br>'''British Cameroons'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/British_Ceylon_flag.png/100px-British_Ceylon_flag.png<br>'''Ceylon'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png<br>'''Falkland Islands'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/100px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png<br>'''Gibraltar'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands.svg/100px-Flag_of_Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands.svg.png<br>'''Gillbert and Ellice Islands'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast.svg.png<br>'''Colony of Gold Coast'''<br>
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**British Guiana**  <br>'''Colony of '''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Flag_of_British_Honduras.svg/100px-Flag_of_British_Honduras.svg.png<br>'''British Honduras'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_1959.svg/100px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_1959.svg.png<br>'''Hong Kong'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png<br>'''British Indian Ocean Territory'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281962%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281962%29.svg.png<br>'''Jamaica'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_British_East_Africa.png/100px-Flag_of_British_East_Africa.png<br>'''Colony of Kenya'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg/100px-Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg.png<br>'''Colony of Nigeria'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_North_Borneo.svg/100px-Flag_of_North_Borneo.svg.png<br>'''North Borneo'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia-1939.svg/100px-Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia-1939.svg.png<br>'''Northern Rhodesia'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Nyasaland.svg/100px-Flag_of_Nyasaland.svg.png<br>'''Nyasaland'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png<br>'''Pitcairn Island'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/100px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png<br>'''Saint Helena'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281950-60%29.png/100px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281950-60%29.png<br>'''British Somaliland'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%29.svg.png<br>'''Southern Rhodesia'''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281919-1961%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281919-1961%29.svg.png<br>'''Tanganyika'''<br>
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<br>'''Colony of '''<br>
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903-1958%29.png/100px-Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903-1958%29.png<br>'''British Windward Islands'''<br>
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==Protectorate Flags==
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Flag_of_the_Federated_Malay_States_%281895_-_1946%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Federated_Malay_States_%281895_-_1946%29.svg.png<br>'''Federated Malay States'''<br>
[[Category:British Empire]]
[[Category:British Empire]]

Revision as of 07:56, 11 October 2009

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom, that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is the largest empire in history and, for over a century, is still the foremost global power.

The British Empire includes over 2.229 billion people, which is almost a third of the world's population.

Here is a map of the British Empire as it stands in 2009: Map of the British Empire

Contents

Government

The British Empire is composed of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Dominions, the Indian Empire (British Raj), Crown Colonies, and Protectorates. All have different governing arrangements and different relationships with the United Kingdom. They are all however under the soverignty of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Empress of India.

United Kingdom

see main article Government of the UK

The UK is governed by its Parliament (consisting of the Queen, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons). Its laws are carried out by the civil service.

Dominions

The Dominions are "autonomous Communities within the British Empire," and essentially equal to the United Kingdom in most matters. The Dominions have a separate crown with the same Queen (i.e. Elizabeth II is separately the Queen of the United Kingdom, and the Queen of Australia). A colony (or federation of colonies) can become a dominion if it achieves 'responsible government'. They must be peaceful, have a parliamentary government (of their own creation), financially independent of the UK, capable of defending themselves. For this reason, only Eire and the former-settler colonies of Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand have achieved dominion status.

Indian Empire

The Indian Empire, consisting of 8 provinces, and 5 minor provinces. Within those provinces, there are approximately 565 Princly States.

Crown Colonies

Protectorates

Protectorates have indigenous governments, and wide

Demographics

The most common ethnicity in the British Empire is Indian.

Flags

Union Flag

The Union Flag is not only the flag of the United Kingdom, it is the flag of the Empire. As such, it has precedence over all Colonial and Protectorate flags, but is equal to Dominion flags (but together the Union Flag has precedence)

Dominion Flags

100px-Flag_of_South_Africa_1928-1994.svg.png
Union of South Africa

British Indian Empire Flag

100px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png

Crown Colony Flags

100px-Flag_of_the_Colony_of_Aden.svg.png
Colony of Aden

100px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png
British Antarctic Territory

100px-Flag_of_Barbados_1958.png
Colony of Barbados

100px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png
Bermuda

100px-British_Burma_1937_flag.png
Burma

British_Cameroons_Flag.gif
British Cameroons

100px-British_Ceylon_flag.png
Ceylon

100px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png
Falkland Islands

100px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png
Gibraltar

100px-Flag_of_Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands.svg.png
Gillbert and Ellice Islands

100px-Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast.svg.png
Colony of Gold Coast

    • British Guiana**
      Colony of

100px-Flag_of_British_Honduras.svg.png
British Honduras

100px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_1959.svg.png
Hong Kong

100px-Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png
British Indian Ocean Territory

100px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281962%29.svg.png
Jamaica

100px-Flag_of_British_East_Africa.png
Colony of Kenya

100px-Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg.png
Colony of Nigeria

100px-Flag_of_North_Borneo.svg.png
North Borneo

100px-Flag_of_Northern_Rhodesia-1939.svg.png
Northern Rhodesia

100px-Flag_of_Nyasaland.svg.png
Nyasaland

100px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png
Pitcairn Island

100px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png
Saint Helena

100px-Flag_of_British_Somaliland_%281950-60%29.png
British Somaliland

100px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%29.svg.png
Southern Rhodesia

100px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281919-1961%29.svg.png
Tanganyika


Colony of

100px-Flag_of_the_British_Windward_Islands_%281903-1958%29.png
British Windward Islands

Protectorate Flags

100px-Flag_of_the_Federated_Malay_States_%281895_-_1946%29.svg.png
Federated Malay States

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