Colonies
| European colonization of the Americas |
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| First colonization |
| British colonization |
| Courlandish colonization |
| Danish colonization |
| Dutch colonization |
| French colonization |
| German colonization |
| Norse colonization |
| Portuguese colonization |
| Russian colonization |
| Scottish colonization |
| Spanish colonization |
| Swedish colonization |
| Colonization of Canada |
| Colonization of the USA |
| Decolonization |
The first Russian colony in Alaska was founded in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov. Subsequently, Russian explorers and settlers continued to establish trading posts in mainland Alaska, on the Aleutian Islands, Hawaii, and Northern California.
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Famous quotes containing the word colonies:
“What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“All Protestantism, even the most cold and passive, is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“So that’s our new flag. The thing we’ve been fighting for—thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union.”
—Lamar Trotti (1898–1952)