Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Colony"

A: The colonies refers to countries that formed part of the British Empire.

A: To spend one’s whole life in the colony. Usually when it is said like this there is some sort of deep connection to the place they are talking about. Hope this helps

A: 1) That ant colony is huge, there are thousands of ants in that colony
2) England established many  colonies
3)The colony has not declared independence as yet

A: These are animal specific, there are no general rules that sums them up.

Examples of each:
colony of ants
flock of birds
herd of sheep

Colony is generally insects, but is also how you refer to a human settlement far from its source.

Flock is often birds, but could also be used for ovine or bovine animals.

Herd is usually ovine or bovine animals.

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A: A goup of crows is called a "murder"

A: Holiday camps

A: Because you are giving dates for when it was a British colony. As soon as you give specific dates, "used to" does not make sense.
"Used to" is a general, in the past time statement.

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A: This means that countries with colonies should manage the colonies in a way that benefits the colonizing country (for example, England in the 1800s).

Please note that this is an outdated idea...

A: Your pronounciation is amazing! But, as Khoaminhta93 said above, you missed some ending sounds like 'ed' and 's'. Other than that, sounds great!

A: In history a colony is made when a more powerful country (historically England, France, Spain or portugal) came to another country or continent and put people there that were supposed to put in place the rules and customs of their home country

For example, England built colonies in America which spread European culture into America and basically took over from the native people

A colonial empire is a group of colonies