Even taking too much seed can be injurious, since the colony needs to reproduce itself.

However, in order to survive, colonies need to be supplied with food and energy.

Should war come, the colonies will need their own financing.

"I don't mind being a villain, if the colony needs one," he said.

Europe and the American colonies would need to accommodate these changes in different political arrangements.

He had to take everything that the new colony might need.

A report commissioned by the group identified a total of 315,000 staff which the colony needed to keep.

The colonies need not be affected by the War.

Nobody'd try to carry all the food a whole colony would need from as far away as that!

Strong people like her were exactly what this colony needed for long-term survival.