has england ever colonized/has a colony in america?
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Yes Do you ever heard about the 13 colonies
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did you know that Queen Elizabeth owns more land in America than anyone else in america.
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Seven - Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain\n\nThat was in the more recent colonization. Other nations have colonized it in the past, going back to ancient times.
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Asian peoples who later formed the native american tribes were the first.  hundreds of years later the vikings (anglo saxons) also arrived to explore the Americas.  Hundreds of years after that in 1492, A spanish Explorer Christopher Columbus, was paid by the Queen of Portugal to find a new route to India.  He choose to sail west rather than east and landed in what is now South America.  He then went on to India.  After Columbus returned to Portugal, he reported what he found to the Queen.  After the news of his adventures spread Spain and Portugal both began sending expiditions to the Americas and formed a few colonies in South and Central America.  \n\nIn the late 16th Century, France and Britain were exploring North America and Britain formed the James town settlement.  The first British Colony in the Americas.  France was also sending convicts to work the land in eastern Canada.  \n\nDuring the 17th century, many British and a few Dutch groups came to the New World for religious freedom.  By the early 18th century young British men were braving the new world in hopes of making their fortunes and some adventurous intellectuals also made the journey.  \n\nIt was not until the 19th century that significant numbers of non-Brits (Eastern Europeans, Italians, Germans, etc.) came to the United States.
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The American colonies were settled by people who came over for many reasons, such as freedom from religious persecution, adventure and business opportunities.  Many people wanted to start a new life and the American colonies presented a chance to do that.  Some settlers saw it as a way to make some quick cash and go back to Europe.
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these sites may help:\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741502192_2/Colonial_America.html\n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8659
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The 13 colonies belonged to England (GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH)  France had territorial claims to parts of the Mississippi river valley, Florida and the south west was claimed by Spain. let's not forget Native Americans who were here before England, France or Spain
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England... more history.
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?  Which colonies are you referring to? \nThe United States were no longer considered "colonies".  The American government had been officially recognized by the British Government after the Revolutionary War.\n\nAre you refering to other countries/colonies that were used as military bases in the Atlantic during the war?
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would canada count?\n\nwas a colony at one time
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Well, this would be 30 years after the puritans landed at Plymouth Rock...Bradford, the religious leader of the puritans finished his personal journal.  It seems that in the 1650s is the beginning of the colonial period;  beginning in gthe 1650s, Great Britian begins to treat those peoples inhabiting the now US as colonists and rules over them as such.
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Europeans founded America in 1492, but they were really late in the game. Vikings came earlier, and surely the Eastern Asians before that, but we have no documentation of a date.
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America was not invented.The English people from England fought the French and Spanish for this land.Due to the fact that the England still taxed them even though they weren't in England anymore, the new settlers started the American Revolution.It began in 1775 and ended in 1783.
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A stupid question these nations are allies.However some contributers to this question seem to be under the impression that the last conflict between these two countries was an american victory. This of course is untrue in fact the british made deep incursions into the us and burnt the whitehouseto the ground.Of course if they mean the war of independance, every one was british.The settlers were revolting about unfair taxes,but they were british How many of the founding fathers were british.I can never envisage a time when britain and america would even be in different camps in any conflict of war
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New England Colonies:\n\nConnecticut\nMaine\nMassachusetts\nNew Hampshire \n\nMiddle Colonies:\n\nNew York\nPennsylvania\nNew Jersey\nDelaware\n\nSouthern Colonies:\n\nMaryland\nVirginia\nNorth Carolina\nSouth Carolina\nGeorgia\n\nTotal: 13
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NO. America did not exist in Christ's time.
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Tacitly, no; the American Declaration of Independence has never been accepted by the United Kingdom.  However, as you will recall, there was a great war fought between the American colonists and the UK; the colonists won.  Afterwards, there was a Constitutional Convention and then the creation and execution of the US Constitution.  Today, the UK recognizes the independence of the US and are allies.  So, no, QE11 is not technically or otherwise the Queen of the US.  As to your question, would it be better if QE11 was leading our country rather than President Bush; well, I would just about think that any person could do a better job than President Bush.