USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A colony is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

Detailed explanation-2: -col·o·ny ˈkäl-ə-nē plural colonies. : a group of people sent out by a state to a new territory. : the territory in which such colonists live. : a distant territory belonging to or under the control of a nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The word “colony” comes from the Latin word colōnia, used as concept for Roman military bases and eventually cities. This in turn derives from the word colōnus, which was a Roman tenant farmer.