WHAT DOES THE COLONIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of the Colonies in the English dictionary
The definition of the Colonies in the dictionary is the subject territories formerly in the British Empire. Other definition of the Colonies is the 13 states forming the original United States of America when they declared their independence. These were Connecticut, North and South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and New Jersey.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE COLONIES»
The term «the Colonies» is quite widely used and occupies the
44.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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QUOTES WITH «THE COLONIES»
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE COLONIES»
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1
The Capital and
the Colonies: London and
the Atlantic ...
This book describes how the mercantile system was made to work as London established itself as the capital of the Atlantic empire.
2
Confronting
the Colonies: British Intelligence and ...
Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the decades after World War Two, the intelligence agenda expanded to include non-state actors, insurgencies, and irregular warfare.
3
Cultivating
the Colonies: Colonial States and Their ...
The eleven essays collected in Cultivating the Colonies demonstrate how the relationship between colonial power and nature reveals the nature of power.
4
Scandal in
the colonies: Sydney and Cape Town, 1820-1850
The hidden stories of two Australian port towns rife with gossip and dubious reputations are uncovered in this history.
5
The Colonies of Law: Colonialism, Zionism and Law in Early ...
This book traces attempts to establish a non-religious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine.
6
The Courts and
the Colonies:
The Litigation of Hutterite ...
While this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law and religion, it will also appeal to anyone in Anabaptist studies, sociology, anthropology, political theory, and conflict resolution.
7
Bound for America:
The Transportation of British Convicts to ...
From 1718 to 1775 British courts transported 50,000 convicts to America.
8
Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying ...
Rebecca Larson reconstructs the activities of these women and offers offers striking insights into the ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society.
9
The Mormon
Colonies in Mexico
Originally published in 1938, this important document chronicles a little-known chapter in Mormon history: the polygamous members in the 1880s who sought refuge from the U.S. federal marshals in Mexico.
Thomas Cottam Romney, 1938
Along with brief biographies on colonists and Indians like John Smith, William Penn, and Pocahontas and John Rolfe, this engaging reader explains mean of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations.
