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A red ensign defaced with the Great Seal of Newfoundland and between 1907 and 1931 was the de facto national flag of Newfoundland. Used as a civil ensign until 1965. 1904–1931: Newfoundland (Civil and Naval flag) A Blue Ensign defaced with the Great Seal of Newfoundland, primarily civil and naval use. 1931–1949 (Province flag until 1980 ...
The Newfoundland Red Ensign was used as the de facto national flag of the dominion [5] until the legislature adopted the Union Flag on 15 May 1931. The anthem of the dominion was the " Ode to Newfoundland ", written by British colonial governor Sir Cavendish Boyle in 1902 during his administration of Newfoundland (1901 to 1904). [ 6 ]
Colonial power Morocco: 1912 France [1] Libya: 1911 Italy [2] Fulani Empire: 1903 France and the United Kingdom: Swaziland: 1902 United Kingdom [3] Ashanti Confederacy: 1900 United Kingdom: Burundi: 1893 Germany [4] Nri Kingdom: 1911 United Kingdom: Kingdom of Benin: 1897 United Kingdom: Bunyoro: 1899 United Kingdom: Dahomey: 1894 France ...
Newfoundland was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland, now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, which was at first seasonal, rather than permanent.
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America.
Country before 1700s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s ... South Africa: 1652 1664 1795 1801 1875 1910 1912 1928 ... Norfolk Island: 1770 1801 1901 1903 1908 1954
Colonies that became part of British North America (but which would be left out of the 1867 Confederation of Canada): Bermuda; Newfoundland Colony; Colonies and territories that were ceded to Spain or the United States in 1783: Province of East Florida (Spanish 1783–1823, U.S. after 1823) Province of West Florida (Spanish 1783–1823, U.S ...
Newfoundland received a colonial assembly in 1832, which was and still is referred to as the House of Assembly, after a fight led by reformers William Carson, Patrick Morris and John Kent. The establishment of a colonial assembly was partly due to Scottish physician William Carson (1770–1843), who came to the island in 1808.