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George Washington and the Continental Congress hoped to sever French-speaking eastern Quebec from the rest of British Canada and bring it into the war as a 14th rebel colony.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953 and did not gain home rule until 1979.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

For this filmmaking couple, reaching maturity as artists forged in the complex context of a modern colony hinges on acknowledging their limitations and still persevering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Honeybees also pollinate about one-third of the world's food crops, making colony losses a concern for both agricultural productivity and food security.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

On his first voyage in 1492, Columbus started a colony of about forty men on the island he called Hispaniola, which is currently divided into the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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

Chris Moulton, of the Devon Wildlife Trust, said the first step would be to improve the heathland habitat in the nature reserves to secure the existing ant colonies.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Five Nations of the Iroquois allied with several English colonies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

In eusocial colonies, reproduction is divided between queens and workers, creating highly cooperative societies with specialized roles.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Wainwright has been searching for new English colonies since he started working for Butterfly Conservation in 2004.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

They each possessed a far-flung network of overseas colonies, a source of immense wealth and national pride.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman