USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A colony is a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory. They claim the new land for their country, and their country keeps some control over the colony. The settlement itself is also called a colony. The practice of setting up colonies is called colonialism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Colonies were a way for the mother country to engage in the practice of mercantilism, or increasing their power by creating a source for exports and raw materials.

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, there were three different types of colonies: royal, self-governing, and proprietary. Royal colonies were owned and completely administered by the Crown.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whatever early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small farms and self-sufficiency.

Detailed explanation-5: -Colonisation means Subjugation of one country by another, leading to political, social and economic change or an act or instance of colonizing: such as the establishing of a colony, subjugation of a people or area especially as an extension of state.