plural n. a place where a group of people come to settle which is under the control of their home country; animals of the same type living closely together
The United States started out as thirteen colonies.
The United States started out as thirteen colonies.
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How did Benjamin Franklin help the colonies get free from the British?
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What did the representatives of the thirteen colonies do on July 4, 1776?
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What is the war in which the 13 American colonies won their freedom from Great Britian?
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How many colonies did not want to break with Great Britain?
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What have the colonies agreed to do in return when England declared the Intolerable Acts?
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How many colonies were there?
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Honeybees live in matriarchal colonies organized around a queen bee.
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What did the people in the thirteen colonies want from England?
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Starlings nest in colonies.
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Who vowed to remove the Fire Nation colonies from the Earth Kingdom?
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What did people in the Northern colonies think of dancing?
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The starling bird nests in colonies.
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When Daniel Boone was born, how many colonies were there?
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What was Mr. Mirriam going to do to help the colonies fight for independence?
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province; territory; group; possession; swarm
single entity
3 syllables
col-o-nies
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