5 sentences with 'dominions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dominions and other words derived from it.
• « The best-known phrase associated with the British Empire from the mid-19th to the early 20th century was that "the sun never set" on its dominions. This was, quite literally, true. »
• « Since 1788, Charles IV had reigned in Spain, a man of neither character nor political ability. The heir to the throne, his son Ferdinand, was no better. And the real master of power, the minister Manuel Godoy, was as inept as the one and the other. As a result, the misrule that affected both Spain and the monarchy's American dominions became increasingly evident. »
• « At the beginning of the 19th century, the American territory was divided into four major political units: Canada, conquered by the French and at that time in British hands; the thirteen English colonies of North America, independent since 1776, which had formed the United States and were slowly expanding their territories towards the Pacific Ocean; Brazil, which was part of the Lusitanian monarchy of the Braganzas, installed there from 1807, the year in which Napoleon's troops seized Portugal; and the Hispanic dominions, which stretched from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. »
• « Over the centuries, the political conception of the American dominions changed. In the early days, the Hispanic monarchy regarded the new lands as Kingdoms of the Indies, that is, as direct dependencies of the sovereign, distinct from Spain and on an equal footing with it. »
• « The situation changed in the 18th century when the Bourbon dynasty came to power in Spain, whose members considered the American dominions to be colonies of the metropolis. »