Assertion: colony | /r/HasProperty | governed
Facets:
value: from london
type: LOCATION
value: by a local oligarchy state
type: OTHER
value: directly
type: MANNER
value: in situations
type: LOCATION
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: As with the modern Australian state of Tasmania, the Colony of Tasmania was governed according to the principles of the Westminster System, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom.
text: After the passing of the Statute of Westminster, the Dominions ceased to be considered colonies, although many colonies which did not have Dominion status were self-governing.
text: Colonies have sometimes been referred to as "self-governing" in situations where the executive has been under the control of neither the imperial government nor a local legislature elected by universal suffrage, but by a local oligarchy state.
text: In a charter colony, Britain granted a charter to the colonial government establishing the rules under which the colony was to be governed.
text: The colony was governed directly from London until it gained partial internal self-governance in 1955.