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What does BC stand for?

British Colonies


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Although the former German colony subsequently ruled by Belgium has no direct British ties, neither did Mozambique when it was admitted 14 years ago to the federation of former British colonies.
What were the northernmost and southernmost British colonies in Africa?
22 K3370 The various roles played by the judiciary in federal forms of government are explored in 13 essays by scholars of law and politics in Europe and former British colonies elsewhere in the world.
uk STAFF at Coventry's Herbert Art Gallery and Museum are keen to collect Second World War memories from local people with roots in former British colonies after hearing the story of a former city magistrate who escaped from Burma as Japanese troops advanced.
Talib looks at the way in which the English language has played 'an important part in the aesthetic realisation of postcolonial literatures' and has also been involved in the 'attempt to realise a national identity' in former British colonies.
But the government had refused to grant them British citizenship, saying it would set a precedent in other former British colonies.
After World War II (1939-1945), most British colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean gained independence.
At the time, the British Colonies in North America were scattered along the Atlantic coast.

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