colonies

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Colonies receiving the enriched diet produced up to 15 times more larvae that reached the pupal stage compared with those on standard diets.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

“We need to remember that the 13 Colonies and the 13 states created the federal government,” he said on Fox News in 2024, in an interview about the border.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Wall panels remind us of the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act and the Boston Massacre, all seminal events that led the Colonies to eventually break away from Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

By the late 1770s, the Revolution in what is known as the Middle Colonies had become a brutal civil war.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

“All right. We’ll go to the warfront and find out where Eden is, then cross the border. The Colonies will probably welcome us—maybe even help us.”

From "Legend" by Marie Lu