what countries were in the british empire?
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The British Empire. When Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, Britain already governed Canada, large areas of India, Australia, and New Zealand, and small parts of South America and Africa. Together, these countries formed the British Empire.
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A number of German colonies and protectorates and Ottoman provinces were held as mandates by the United Kingdom (Tanganyika, British Cameroons, Togoland, Palestine and Mesopotamia); and its dominions of Australia (New Guinea, Nauru), New Zealand (Western Samoa), and South Africa (South West Africa).
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The UK's rule included over 80 nations around the world, some of which are no longer nations of course but have been absorbed into others. 56 of those nations remain in the British Commonwealth today. 32 of the even have the same Queen (Queen Elizabeth II) as head of state.
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['Anguilla (British Territory)', 'Antigua and Barbuda.', 'Aruba.', 'Bahamas.', 'Bermuda (British Territory)', 'Bonaire (Dutch Territory)', 'British Virgin Islands (British Territory)', 'Cayman Islands (British Territory)']
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Mozambique,Namibia and Rwanda are the countries in commonwealth which were not colonized by british. The Commonwealth currently consists of 53 countries. Myanmar and Aden (now part of Yemen) are the only former British colonies who elected not to join the Commonwealth.
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['Europe: Low Countries, Italy, Hungary, Spain and Portugal.', "North America: Spanish Florida, West Indies, Thirteen Colonies and St. John's, Newfoundland.", 'Asia: India, East Indies.', 'Africa: West Africa.']
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['Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Sudan)', 'Basutoland (Lesotho)', 'Balleland (Benin)', 'Bechuanaland (Botswana)', 'British East Africa (Kenya)', 'British Somaliland (northern Somalia)', 'British Togoland (eastern Ghana)', 'British Cameroons (split between Nigeria and Cameroon)']
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['Morocco - 1912, to France.', 'Libya - 1911, to Italy.', 'Fulani Empire - 1903, to France and the United Kingdom.', 'Swaziland - 1902, to the United Kingdom.', 'Ashanti Confederacy - 1900, to the United Kingdom.', 'Burundi - 1899, to Germany.', 'Kingdom of Benin - 1897, to the United Kingdom.', 'Bunyoro - 1897, to the United Kingdom.']
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There remain, however, 14 global territories which remain under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. Many of the former territories of the British Empire are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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['Guinea-Bissau.', 'Benin Republic.', 'Gambia.', 'Kenya.', 'Mauritius.', 'Mozambique.', 'Madagascar.', 'Senegal.']
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The UK is a union of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Crown dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) are largely self-governing with the UK responsible for their defence and international relations and are not part of the United Kingdom.
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Formerly part of the British Empire, Pakistan became independent from the UK in 1947 under the terms of the Indian Independence Act. At this point the Dominion of Pakistan was still nominally part of the British Empire, until it became a separate Republic in 1956.
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"Colonialism" in this context refers mostly to Western European countries' colonization of lands mainly in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania; The main European countries active in this form of colonization included Spain, Portugal, France, the Kingdom of England (later Great Britain), the Netherlands, Belgium, and ...
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['United Kingdom.', 'Canada.', 'France.', 'Russia.']
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['Australia. Her Majesty is Queen of Australia. ... ', 'The Bahamas. Her Majesty is Queen of The Bahamas. ... ', 'Barbados. Her Majesty is Queen of Barbados. ... ', 'Belize. Her Majesty is Queen of Belize. ... ', 'Canada. Her Majesty is Queen of Canada. ... ', 'Grenada. ... ', 'Jamaica. ... ', 'New Zealand.']
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Imperial British East Africa Company. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Imperial British East Africa Company.
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['Hong Kong.', 'Bermuda.', 'Greenland.', 'Puerto Rico.', 'Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England, which are non-sovereign parts of the United Kingdom.']