0 an area or country that is politically controlled by the UK and has a British governor
Crown colony government in all important cases is representative government.
The 1896 plebiscite could be seen as part of the first major debate on the constitutional reform in the crown colony during the 1890s.
Virginia became a crown colony and the governor and council would be chosen by the king.
And now the collapse of the island's sole economic backbone drew the whole crown colony 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 crown colony.
In 1889 the two islands were incorporated into a single crown colony.
Dissatisfaction with crown colony rule reached its peak during the period between the world wars, as demands for responsible self-government grew.
By 1720 the process of transition from a proprietary colony to a crown colony had begun.
