| Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valour. |
| Over the next three decades, most colonies of the British Empire gained their independence. |
| After the war, the United Kingdom received the League of Nations mandate over a number of former German and Ottoman colonies. |
| The blunderbuss never gained great favor in the American colonies or early United States. |
| British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. |
| The government at home, and the people of the colonies, are getting to have bad blood between them. |
