colonies

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He was beginning to see the disparate colonies as a nation, as his nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

General warrants and writs of assistance enraged the colonies precisely because they allowed British officials to rummage through homes and businesses without individualized suspicion.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

"It's also a trend that has been there for some time because France realises that it has to look for new markets, dynamic markets and looking beyond traditional former colonies of West and Central Africa."

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have shown that bistrifluron, a chemical that blocks the formation of new termite exoskeletons, can destroy drywood termite colonies by interfering with the insects' ability to grow.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

The first two such colonies were founded by separate but similar religious groups, the Pilgrims and the Puritans.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz