Ministry of the Colonies information

Ministry of the Colonies may refer to: Government department or ministry with "colony" or a derivative in its name: France – Ministry of the Colonies...

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the...

France. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies (Ministre des Colonies) until 1946. The position is currently held by Marie Guévenoux in the government...

of State for the Colonies Ministry of the Colonies (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Minister of the...

The United Colonies was the name used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to describe the proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colonies...

and Colonies, a role thereafter taken by the Minister of the Overseas. In 1947 the naval ministry was absorbed into the Ministry of Defence, with the exception...

administrator, being the Governor of Portuguese Guinea between 1946 and 1949. In 1950, he became governor general of Salazar as Ministry of the Colonies (partly in...

the capital of the French Congo, on the other side of the Congo river to Léopoldville, in which he promised France's African colonies the free choice between...

served as the Minister of the Colonies in the first, second, and third cabinets of Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck. An independent politician of Protestant...

portal Dutch colonization of the Americas Dutch Language Union List of Dutch East India Company trading posts Ministry of the Colonies (Netherlands) Controversy...

The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom's minister in charge of managing the British Empire...

residing in Crown colonies. The administration of Crown colonies changed over time and in the 1800s some became, with a loosening of the power of royal governors...

under the command of the militia. In 1957, units of the Dutch colonial forces in Suriname were transferred from the Ministry of the Colonies to the Armed...

The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed...

the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, Britain lost 13 of its North American colonies in the...

in 1937, she found employment with the French government at the Ministry of the Colonies. In 1939, she married the writer Robert Antelme, whom she had...

apply to the federation. The legislative decrees of the governor-general had to be sent to the minister of colonies for consideration; the minister would...

functions during the Estado Novo period. Monteiro was born in Vila Velha de Ródão. He served at the Ministry of the Colonies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

of North America, particularly a group known as the West Country men. The first English colonies overseas in America was made in the last quarter of the...

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its...