None of them are colonies.
A "colony" suggests to me a group of pioneering native English who set up a kind of tribal community outside England and are dependent on England for basic supplies... It also implies a kind of superiority over the native peoples. It would be wrong in the extreme to refer to Wales, Scotland and (Northern) Ireland in that way.
Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland are part of the country called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. They are regions under a single government based in London. The Republic of Ireland is an independent state. It is not dependent on England at all. English people, Welsh people, Scottish people and Northern Irish all have the same rights: they don't look to the English as being some sort of superior class.
So no, it is not correct at all to refer to them as colonies.
2006-08-01 22:54:51
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answered by Woodpigeon 4
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you got 2/3 right.
It's Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is it's own independent state, however it was part of England for a while.
2006-08-01 12:31:09
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answered by Bibi 3
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No! Because they're not!
Wales and Scotland are part of Great Britain (regions or provinces, but not colonies!) whereas the Irish Republic is an independent state. All former British colonies are part of the Commonwealth, but these days colonialism is over.
I hope, for your sake, no Irish person reads your stupid question!
2006-08-01 02:07:37
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answered by Foxy 3
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Even speaking appropriate to the Welsh has a tendency to grant you your answer. they are the descendents of the Celtic Britons who'd initially invited the Saxons to settle in modern-day England (to guard them from their Scottish/Pictish buddies), however the be conscious comes from "wealh," a be conscious extra or less translated as "stranger" and used via the beginners to describe the previous inhabitants! The Celtic Britons, of direction, were heavily inspired via the Romans, however the genetic infusion ought to have been constrained. In yet another twist, countless the Britons pushed out of southern and correct England moved to modern-day France, in what's termed Brittany, and a few of their descendents have been interior the "Norman" military of William in 1066, feeling very plenty that they have been returnig homestead somewhat than invading a clean land. complicated, isn't it?
2016-11-03 10:56:46
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answered by Anonymous
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Considering they belong to the Great Britian title, that is very correct!
2006-08-01 01:54:13
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answered by BigMissle 3
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yes
2006-08-01 01:53:14
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answered by Anry 7
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no, they are conqured kingdoms in the united kingdom(UK)
or at least sister kingdoms
2006-08-01 06:12:27
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answered by ellisd1950 3
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yup
2006-08-01 04:06:48
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answered by evening_dewpoint 5
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rrr
2006-08-01 01:55:22
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answered by ultramale 1
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