colonies

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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

What if the Wellington funds—which were separate legal entities—broke away from their manager and assumed self-governance like the 13 British colonies had 200 years earlier?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

For many years after independence in the 1960s, France maintained close economic, political and security ties in many of its former colonies, leading to widespread accusations that little had changed.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday met his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Nairobi as part of an African visit aimed at renewing France's engagement with the continent after years of strained ties with former colonies.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Some years later when the colonies began fighting to separate from Britain, the Cherokee again found themselves in the middle of warring nations seeking to enlist them as allies.

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