colony
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The Plymouth Colony, Mr. Reynolds writes, stood out to later Americans as “a beacon of democratic experimentation and egalitarianism.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Mr. Johnston is the author of “The Colony of Unrequited Dreams” and “Jennie’s Boy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Two months later, Colony Capital bought the defaulted loan for $22.5 million.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Former federal officials and Colony Ridge property owners acknowledge that the settlement includes some provisions to protect consumers in the future.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
On an October day in 1753, Robert Dinwiddie, Royal Governor of His Majesty’s Colony of Virginia, sat in his office in Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia, reading the latest reports from the frontier.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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