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  2. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    The ruling party administration for St. Kitts moved to make the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla colony into a looser associated state status with the UK in 1967 much to the dismay of many in Anguilla, with agitation turning into the Anguillan Revolution; Anguilla's population moved in favour of returning to British authority in 1971 with full ...

  3. List of former European colonies - Wikipedia

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    The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: ... British East Africa ... Southeast Asia. Malaysia; British Malaya.

  4. List of European colonies in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of European colonies in Africa, organized alphabetically by the colonizing country. France had the most colonies in Africa with 35 colonies followed by Britain with 32. [ 1 ]

  5. Category : Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia

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    People from former British colonies and protectorates in Asia (21 C) A. Colony of Aden (4 C, 8 P) Aden Protectorate (3 C, 9 P) B. British rule in Burma (14 C, 25 P) C.

  6. List of colonies - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Colonies by Asian countries subsection ... the annexation of the Boer Republics to the British Empire in 1902 Union of South Africa; ... West Africa. Colonial ...

  7. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. [1] Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies. No government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union.

  8. Colonisation of Africa - Wikipedia

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    In the early historical period, colonies were founded in North Africa by migrants from Europe and Western Asia, particularly Greeks and Phoenecians. Under Egypt 's Pharaoh Amasis (570–526 BC) a Greek mercantile colony was established at Naucratis , some 50 miles from the later Alexandria. [ 2 ]

  9. Territorial evolution of the British Empire - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom had about 120 colonies throughout its history, the most colonies in the world, the French colonial empire came second, which had about 80 colonies. [2] Around 54 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, ahead of the French colonial empire , which 40 countries gained ...