"colony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was time to unite the thirteen colonies for a concerted effort against the Crown; a war unhampered by hesitation.
- Benjamin Franklin, a Pennsylvania delegate, proposed a plan for uniting the seven colonies that greatly exceeded the scope of the congress.
- The Albany Plan of Union was one of the first attempts to unite the British colonies.
- The governorate united the fifteen colonies into a single colony, but each captaincy would continue to exist as a provincial administrative unit of the governorate.
- Then in 1754 Albany earned the nickname "cradle of the union" because Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies was adopted at a meeting there.
- Several previous unsuccessful attempts to unite the colonies were made, with proposed political models ranging from unitary, to loosely federal.
- It was the first step to unite the Australian colonies in an federation movement.
- In early 1773, a movement to unite the colonies was underway.
- British attempts to unite the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada lead to revolt.
- This was the first formal proposal to unite the British American colonies.
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