Colony-Forming Unit

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A colony-forming unit describes how many colonies were placed onto an undiscovered territory to grow into independent states. For example, the first British colony-forming unit was created in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. In 1776, 13 British colony-forming units declared independence, forming the United States of America.


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