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"the British colonization of America"nounthe act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
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- plantation a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
- siraj-ud-daula Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)