Great Britain's interest in the Suez Canal led to the establishment of a British protectorate.
Inhabited in Paleolithic and Neolithic times, the region was an important conglomeration of native states by the 14th century but became a British protectorate in 1894.
British protectorate after 1893, the islands achieved independence in 1978.
A former British protectorate of eastern Africa on the Gulf of Aden. It has been part of Somaliland since 9 '0.
The isolated French forces surrendered in 1800, and the island became a British protectorate.
Brunei: a sultanate of northwest Borneo on the South China Sea. Formerly a self-governing British protectorate, it became fully independent on January 1, 1984. Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital.
A region and former kingdom of eastern Africa on the northern shore of Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda. It was a British protectorate from1900 until1962, when it joined independent Uganda.
Brunei was a British protectorate from 1888 to 1984.
The northern region of Somalia was part of the British protectorate of Somaliland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Botswana: a country of south-central Africa. A British protectorate after 1885, it gained full independence in 1966.
