"colony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was granted in 1625 by King Charles I for the first Scottish colony on the Canadian mainland.
- The town was founded in January 1736 and named after the Darien Scheme, a former Scottish colony in Panama.
- Attempts to establish a Scottish colony in Central America as part of the Darien scheme ended in disaster in the 1690s.
- In the 17th century, twenty Scottish traders formed the foundation of a successful Scottish colony in Poland.
- The scheme was an attempt to establish a Scottish colony at the isthmus of Darien in Central America.
- Panama was the site of the ill-fated Darien scheme, which set up a Scottish colony in the region in 1698.
- Attempts to found a Scottish colony in North America in Nova Scotia were largely unsuccessful, with insufficient funds and willing colonists.
- The area later became the site of a Spanish and still later Scottish colony during the 17th century.
- In 1621, King James VI of Scotland allowed privateer William Alexander to establish the first Scottish colony overseas.
- From 1629-1632, Nova Scotia briefly became a Scottish colony.
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