WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, the rule remains separate to the original country of the colonizers, the metropolitan state (or “mother country"), within the shared imperialist administration.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country. A colony is also a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together: an artists’ colony. A colony is also a group of animals, insects, or plants of the same type that live together: an ant colony.

Detailed explanation-4: -In biology, typical examples of colonies are insect colonies. For example, an ant colony is comprised of ants that live closely together due to mutual benefits, such as to make stronger defense. Single-celled organisms can also form colonies, as coenobium is a colony of single-celled Volvox species.