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History. Protectorates are one of the oldest features of international relations, dating back to the Roman Empire. Civitates foederatae were cities that were subordinate to Rome for their foreign relations. In the Middle Ages, Andorra was a protectorate of France and Spain. Modern protectorate concepts were devised in the nineteenth century.
- British Protected Person
A British protected person (BPP) is a member of a class of...
- Bhutan
Bhutan (/ b uː ˈ t ɑː n / ⓘ boo-TAHN; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་,...
- British Protected Person
A protectorate is a state that is protected by another, larger and stronger country based on an agreement between the protectorate and the protecting country. These were very common in the 19th century, especially in Africa and South Asia, when European countries would give protection to small states or places there.
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- What Is The Relationship like?
- Is A Protectorate The Same as A Colony?
- Amicable Protection and Foreign Relationship
- Why Do Powerful Countries Declare Other States as Their Protectorates?
- Examples of Sovereign States and Their Protectorates
Thesovereign state and the protectorate sign a bilateral agreement in which thetwo nations or states agree that the sovereign state will protect theprotectorate while the protectorate agrees to certain obligations which mayvary depending on the nature of the relationship. In this relationship, the sovereign nationusually imposes some rules and obli...
Aprotectorate is often confused with a colony, probably because both protectoratesand colonies are territories of a larger, more powerful state. A colonyis different from protectorate in that a colony has local rulers who areanswerable to the main state’s authority, unlike in a protectorate which isconsidered as an independent state and merely rece...
Thesovereign state can have an amicable and friendly relationship with theprotectorate. In this instance, the terms and obligations are usually favorableto the protectorate. The sovereign state strives to maintain and protect theprotectorate for prestige reasons. The sovereign state imposes favorableobligations to the protectorate, to maintain it, ...
A sovereignstate usually obtains a territory and declares it as her protectorate forpersonal or mutual benefits. The protectorate agrees to get into therelationship with the sovereign state in exchange for protection or any otherthing it may need. Alternatively, the sovereign state is usually just out tooffer some help to the protectorate. For inst...
In history, there are several powerful countries that have declared other territories and countries as protectorates. Below are some of the sovereign states and their protectorates. Britain and its Protectorates Britain has had many territories, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Most of these were initially British Protectorates before bec...
Vietnam. Annam ( chữ Hán: 安南; alternate spelling: Anam ), or Trung Kỳ ( 中圻 ), was a French protectorate encompassing the territory of the Empire of Đại Nam in Central Vietnam. Before the protectorate's establishment, the name Annam was used in the West to refer to Vietnam as a whole; Vietnamese people were referred to as Annamites.
German West Africa (Colony from 1884) Kamerun (Colony from 17 August 1884) Kamerun (Protectorate from 5 July 1884) Wituland (Protectorate from 1885) Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma (to 1886) Capital: Agaro. Widely recognized state to 1886. Annexed by the Ethiopian Empire in 1886. Gowa – Sultanate of Gowa.
noun. pro· tec· tor· ate prə-ˈtek-t (ə-)rət. Synonyms of protectorate. 1. a. : government by a protector. b. capitalized : the government of England (1653–59) under the Cromwells. : the rank, office, or period of rule of a protector. 2. a. : the relationship of superior authority assumed by one power or state over a dependent one. b.
