The former colony became economically intertwined with the mainland years before its political status changed.

The colony has become factionalized and heavily religious, with scientific investigation discouraged.

After criteria are met, that colony receives its charter and becomes a chapter.

Even though Wood and the other faculty taught there free of charge, the colony had never become financially self-sustaining.

They were a lot more stringent with applicants than in his Pa's day: colonies had become almost respectable.

By 1960, French African colonies had already become independent.

With independence, in 1822, the colony became an empire and all captaincies were turned into provinces.

He died in 1908, and his widow, Marian, worked until her death in 1956 to create what the colony has become.

The older the colony becomes, the higher frequency of larger individuals there (Wirth, et al., 2003).

These and other large self-governing colonies had become known as Dominions by the 1920s.