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The five colonies of the

British Empire were: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland

The rest were basically imperial provinces. The only place actually defined as an empire was India. The British monarch was crowned Emperor/Empress of India.

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India, Canada, Australia, China, & New Zealand were 5 countries that were either partially or fully controlled by the British Empire in 1850. Though there were much more than 5 countries in the empire in 1850.

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