- A
colony is a
territory subject to a form of
foreign rule.
Though dominated by the
foreign colonizers, the rule
remains separate to the
original country...
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Roanoke Colony (/ˈroʊənoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an
attempt by Sir
Walter Raleigh to
found the
first permanent English settlement in
North America. The
colony was...
- The Cape
Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also
known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a
British colony in present-day
South Africa named after the Cape of Good...
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resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for
three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the
colony was abandoned. But
nearly 20
years later, the
colony was re-settled...
- A
Crown colony or
royal colony was a
colony governed by England, and then
Great Britain or the
United Kingdom within the
English and
later British Empire...
- Aden
Colony (Arabic: مُسْتْعَمَرَةْ عَدَنْ, Musta'marat 'Adan), also the
Colony of Aden,
located in the
south of
contemporary Yemen, was a
crown colony of...
- A
penal colony or
exile colony is a
settlement used to
exile prisoners and
separate them from the
general po****tion by
placing them in a
remote location...
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Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the
first permanent English colony in New
England from 1620 and the
third permanent English colony in America...
- The
Colony and
Protectorate of Kenya,
commonly known as
British Kenya or
British East Africa, was part of the
British Empire in
Africa from 1920 until...
- The
Crown Colony of
Jamaica and
Dependencies was a
British colony from 1655, when it was
captured by the
English Protectorate from the
Spanish Empire...
