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adjective |
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When something is colonial, it has to do with a colony or colonies. A colony is a place that is ruled by a country that is far away. For example, America was a colony of Great Britain a few hundred years ago, and Mexico was a colony of Spain.
During the colonial time in American history, Americans paid taxes to the British king.Most of the countries of South America were part of Spain's colonial empire at one time. |
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colonially (adv.) |
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