Colony facts for kids
A colony is a place controlled by another country. The metropolitan state is the country that owns the colony. Now the phrase Dependent territory is used instead of colony.
A country which has many colonies is often called an empire. A colonist is a person from the metropolitan state who lives in a colony.
Colonial means having to do with a colony. Colonial land is land that belongs to the colony. A colonist is sometimes called a colonial. The philosophy of having colonies is called colonialism. There must be many people to start a colony. There are many colonies, or countries that were once colonies, in the world. Most countries that were once colonies of Britain are part of the British Commonwealth.
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Chart of current non-self-governing territories (as of June 2012[update])
See also
In Spanish: Colonia administrativa para niños
