The English and their American colonies finally adopted the Gregorian calendar in the middle of the 18th century.

Later, the colony adopts Flik's harvester to speed up grain collection.

Most colonies probably start as encrusting forms and adopt a branching structure as they grow.

The Spanish and Portuguese colonies adopted the calendar later due to the slowness of communication in those days.

Many English colonies adopted the jury trial system including the United States.

Many British colonies, including the United States, adopted the English common law system in which trial by jury is an important part.

The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name.

Several colonies and dominions adopted the pound as their own currency.

Conversely, the mid-Atlantic and southern colonies quickly adopted more permissive naturalization policies.

However some former colonies (e.g. Nigeria) have adopted the presidential system as their form of government.