What were protectorates, protected states, mandated territories and trust territories?
Protectorates and protected states were foreign territories to which British protection was extended in some form. Protected states were places in which: • there was a properly organised internal government; and • Britain controlled only the state’s external affairs. Protectorates were protected territories in which: • there was no properly organised internal government; and • Britain not only controlled external matters, such as the protectorate’s defence and foreign relations but also established an internal Britain’s involvement in protectorates was similar to its involvement in colonies but they did not have the formal status of colonies.
