colony
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It continued as a Portuguese colony and overseas territory until it gained independence in 1975.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
British abolitionists had founded Sierra Leone, a colony of freed slaves in West Africa, but Jefferson thought it was too distant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
The route also brought artisans, laborers and slaves to the Spanish colony.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
"There is a dedicated group of bees focused entirely on raising the queen, and if they don't get it right, the colony cannot reproduce."
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
Many people who didn’t have enough money for passage to Virginia or another colony might choose to become indentured servants.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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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