colonies

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Article 91 of the new constitution read: “The regime of the French colonies is determined by special laws.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Despite the upheaval, the colonies did not collapse.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The mites now wreak havoc on American bee colonies by feeding on the insects and spreading a wing-deforming virus.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

That’s not the kind of thing you’d expect in a Constitution, but it was how King George controlled the judiciary in what became the United States and the colonies.

From Slate • May 12, 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