This is a list of territories and polities that have been considered colonies. Aden Protectorate Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Ashanti Australia...

mainly in Africa and Asia. France had about 80 colonies throughout its history, the second most colonies in the world behind only the British Empire. Around...

This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: United Kingdom (130), France (90)...

This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany: Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718 Arguin (in Mauritania), 1685–1721 Curlander...

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the...

permanent colonies in the North. The first of the permanent English colonies in the Americas was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Colonies were...

the advice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. This became the main method of creating and governing colonies. Most Crown colonies, especially...

a list of European colonies in Africa, organized alphabetically by the colonizing country. France had the most colonies in Africa with 35 colonies followed...

Minister of the Overseas  German Empire – List of German colonial ministers  Kingdom of Italy – Minister of the Colonies  Netherlands – Minister of the Colonies...

The following is a list of Australian penal colonies that existed from the establishment of European presence in the 1780s up until the nineteenth century...

Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located...

The United Colonies of North America was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed proto-state...

particularly those communities that are remote or on islands. Some summer colonies within sufficient proximity to an urban center, such as Lake Bluff, Illinois...

remained close, and took specific forms during the period of classical antiquity. Generally, colonies founded by the ancient Phoenicians, Carthage, Rome, Alexander...

colonial empire List of former German colonies German colonization of the Americas Languages of Africa Iliffe, John. A Modern History of Tanganyika. Cambridge...

the validity of legislation passed by the Australian Parliament during World War II. Self-determination Commonwealth of Nations List of national independence...

administration of Crown colonies changed over time and in the 1800s some became, with a loosening of the power of royal governors, self-governing colonies, within...

Danish overseas colonies and Dano-Norwegian colonies (Danish: De danske kolonier) were the colonies that Denmark–Norway (Denmark after 1814) possessed...

is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan...

Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America. The British Empire's colonial territories...

independently of their metropolis. The reasons for the Greeks to establish colonies were strong economic growth with the consequent overpopulation of the motherland...

The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (110 km2) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana, German:...

This is a list of territorial governors in the 19th century (1801–1900), such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies...

Tau Kappa Epsilon chapters and colonies are individual organizations of initiated members of Tau Kappa Epsilon associated with a university or college...

overseas colonies (Swedish: Svenska utomeuropeiska kolonier) consisted of the overseas colonies controlled by Sweden. Sweden possessed overseas colonies from...

Lists of state leaders in the 21st century include: List of state leaders in the 2000s List of state leaders in the 2010s List of state leaders in the...

This is a list of territorial governors in the 18th century (1701–1800) AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, and other dependencies...

incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis. Many colonies outside...

the Province of New Hampshire, as well as a few smaller short-lived colonies. The New England colonies were part of the Thirteen Colonies and eventually...

Minister of the Navy. Before January 1893, this position also had responsibility for France's colonies, and was usually known as Minister of the Navy...