colonies
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Britain’s North American colonies united to become Canada in 1867 partly to resist the pull of economic gravity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
After producing tetraploid cells from human cancer cells and establishing colonies derived from individual cells, he noticed that the resulting groups were not all the same size.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Most of the world was now divided by fixed borders into independent states and their colonies, and international respect for those borders was growing.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Foran said that at the time, the colonies that later became Canada relied on Great Britain and its Royal Navy for its defence, as well as indigenous peoples who served as generals in major battles.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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