USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A colony is a piece of land controlled by another country. The metropolitan state is the country that owns the colony. The phrase dependent territory is now used instead of colony. Colony can also refer to a commune or a currently hypothetical human settlement in the sea (ocean colony) or outer space (space colony).

Detailed explanation-2: -Colony – A land ruled by a distant country.

Detailed explanation-3: -A colony is an area of land owned by another country. These countries are usually called mother countries and they are the ruling body over the colony. In North America, during the 1600s to 1700s, the 13 colonies belonged to their mother country, Great Britain, and therefore followed English rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -A colony is a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory, or land. They claim the new land for the original country, and the original 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-5: -In fact, there were three different types of colonies: royal, self-governing, and proprietary. Royal colonies were owned and completely administered by the Crown. The Governor and his Council were appointed by the King and these lands existed simply to generate wealth for England.