colonies
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There were plenty of people in the Colonies in 1776 who were neither white nor male — they didn’t end up in the paintings or history books because they hadn’t been invited into the chamber.
From Los Angeles Times
Founded by four George Washington University students in 2015, the quartet was originally the Colonies, a play on the Colonials, then the name of the college’s sports teams.
From Washington Post
The success of Penn’s medical school, which was the Colonies’ first, depended on students’ reliable access to dissection cadavers, which could then be procured legally only from prison executioners.
From New York Times
The first laws authorizing such challenges to others' voting rights can be traced back to the American Colonies.
From Salon
The original 13 Colonies differed widely in their governments, social customs and religious beliefs.
From Washington Post
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