Only a few Herero managed to escape into neighbouring British territories.

Instead, people with close ties to Britain's Overseas Territories all held the same nationality British Overseas Territories Citizen (BOTC) as defined by the British Nationality Act 1981 and subsequent amendments.

The first British territories were known as the Straits Settlements, whose establishment was followed by the Malay kingdoms becoming British protectorates.

Legacy Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles, which were renamed the British Overseas Territories in 2002.

Within the Federation, while the Malay states were protectorates of the United Kingdom, Penang and Malacca remained British colonial territories.

God Save the Queen is the British national anthem and also has this role in some British territories.

In the 1762 Treaty of Fontainebleau, France ceded Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain, its ally in the war, as compensation for the loss of Spanish Florida to Britain.

The part of Kowloon north of Boundary Street (New Kowloon) was leased by the British as part of the New Territories under the 1898 Second Convention of Peking for 99 years.

The Virgin Islands, commonly referred to as the British Virgin Islands (BVI), is a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico.

The English speaking territories of Cameroon have grown increasingly alienated from the government, and politicians from those regions have called for greater decentralization and even secession (for example the Southern Cameroons National Council) of the former British governed territories.

In April 1982, the disagreement became an armed conflict when Argentina invaded the Falklands and other British territories in the South Atlantic, briefly occupying them until a UK expeditionary force retook the territories in June.

Gandhi was not.

He and all his British relatives relinquished their German titles and styles, and adopted British sounding surnames.

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Since bilateral relations with Argentina are considered a priority, Uruguay denies clearance to British naval vessels bound for the Falkland Islands, and prevents them from calling in at Uruguayan territories and ports for supplies and fuel.

In 1963, the Federation was reconstituted as Malaysia when it federated with the British territories of Singapore, Sarawak, and North Borneo a claim to the latter territory was maintained by the Philippines.

The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Spain.

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As 30 percent of Union Minière's stock was controlled by British interests, the British took the lead in negotiations.

These countries and territories, hereinafter called the x2018 countries and territories x2019 , are listed in Annex II.

According to the court, slavery in the territories was a property right of any settler, regardless of the majority there.

ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

The treaty demarcated territory, including Takeshima.

And even the Brits have their own version.

This concession has enraged certain British Conservative politicians.

The Liberals and NDP failed to come to an agreement, however, and the NDP joined the two other opposition parties in demanding an election.

Hadrian gives up the territories conquered in Scotland.

onlyinclude As a country, Canada has ten provinces and three territories.

During the 19th century other European powers, particularly the British (British South Africa Company) and the French (Madagascar), became increasingly involved in the trade and politics of the region around the Portuguese East African territories.

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French settlement was hampered by their hostilities with the Iroquois, who allied themselves with the British.

The British, however, managed to locate Tirpitz .

The British obtained sovereignty over the island in 1824, and Singapore became one of the British Straits Settlements in 1826.

Declaration on the Overseas Countries and Territories 37 .

The Scots went on to invade England, occupying Northumberland and Durham.

This region includes territory belonging to nine nations.

His territories were divided upon his death.

The province administers the Galápagos Islands, a group of tiny volcanic islands that sit on the equator.

The empire was eventually administered from Madrid by the Spanish Crown and comprised territories and colonies in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

The Japanese eat more beef than the British do.

Seventy percent of British people cannot speak a second language.

More than 100,000 British nationals live in the country.

In 1807, the British abolished the slave trade, followed by the United States the next year.

By the start of the 20th century, the French outnumbered the British two to one.

British and French nationals were evacuated to Buenos Aires.