Also, a Union of states would act as a deterrent from aggression by nearby Foreign colonies.

The inhabitants on the other hand became desiderious in making an independent colony from the nearby colonies.

Hostile native tribes and distance from nearby Spanish colonies discouraged settlers from moving to the area.

The alternative would have been to fall back in guard position at some nearby colony.

Sir, we've received an automated distress call from a nearby Andorian colony.

The fires have made it a giant dump for the inhabitants from the nearby colonies.

He would often go in the nearby colonies to get food for the hungry and medicine for the ill.

It was destroyed by the Spanish from the nearby colony of St. Augustine in 1565.

A strategic plan was formed, with the hoped-for result of "the complete destruction of the nearby German colonies".

The lands on which these original four towns were settled were held only through Indian deeds, so naturally they caught the attention of nearby colonies.