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The 13 colonies had a degree of self-governance and active local elections, and they resisted London's demands for more control over them. The French and Indian War (1754–1763) against France and its Indian allies led to growing tensions between Britain and the 13 colonies. During the 1750s, the colonies began collaborating with one another ...
Mumbai is on a narrow peninsula on the southwest of Salsette Island, which lies between the Arabian Sea to the west, Thane Creek to the east and Vasai Creek to the north. Mumbai's suburban district occupies most of the island. Navi Mumbai is east of Thane Creek and Thane is north of Vasai Creek.
13 December 1986: Constitution Act 1986: Declaration of Independence of New Zealand 1835, Treaty of Waitangi 1840 South Africa: 31 May 1910: 11 December 1931: 21 May 1961: South African Constitution of 1961 Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990. Dominion of India (excl. Sikkim) 1947. 1950 Ceylon: 1948. 1972
Thane ( Marathi: [ˈʈʰaːɳeː]; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai. It is an immediate neighbour of Mumbai city proper, and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It is situated in the north ...
0–9. Categories: Thirteen Colonies in fiction. Video games set in North America. Video games set in the United States. Video games by country of setting. Video games set in the British Empire. Works set in the Thirteen Colonies.
Five of the overseas territories are in the Caribbean, as shown on the map. Through a process of decolonisation following the Second World War, most of the British colonies in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean chose independence. Some colonies became Commonwealth realms, retaining the monarch as their own head of state.
The Colonies – the first colonies founded by the nascent Galactic Republic in ancient times. The name is somewhat anachronistic, as they have grown nearly as powerful as the "Core Worlds" themselves, though their histories aren't quite as long or prestigious (i.e. comparable to how the United States or Canada could be called "the colonies" of ...
The British West Indies initially provided England's most important and lucrative colonies. Settlements were successfully established in St. Kitts (1624), Barbados (1627) and Nevis (1628), [25] but struggled until the "Sugar Revolution" transformed the Caribbean economy in the mid-17th century. [33]