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In 1981, the United Kingdom decided to change the name of the remaining Crown Colonies to British Dependent Territories. In 2002, the UK again changed the name to British Overseas Territories.
Here is a list of British Overseas Territories:
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (On Cyprus, a former and now independent colony)
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena & Ascension Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos
Here is a list of Overseas territories that were once their own colony:
Anguilla
Bermuda
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Note: A reason some Overseas territories (Turks & Caicos, St. Helena) were never colonies is because they were too small to be their own government.
They would be areas controlled directly by the British Government and politicians. The first British colonies were founded in the 1600-1700's, and the UK had colonies until 1981 (they simply changed the name from colony to territory, and still mantain a handful of overseas territories in Europe, the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans). The largest British colony was India.
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