Are there colonies today

Answer 1

Answer 1

Yes, we still do colonize.

Answer 2

The answer above is oversimplified and fails to take into account the full definition of a colony: a piece of land separated from the ruling nation which is ruled in a subordinate fashion to the interests in the ruling nation. While the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and numerous other countries maintain pieces of land separated by long distances from the host nation, they rule these regions on a more local basis and take great care to tend to the wishes of the native inhabitants. There is no desire in the Northern Marianas, Falklands, Mayotte, Canaries, or Curaçao to separate from the above mentioned countries respectively.

The last "colonies" would be the UN Trusteeship Program (which was similar to the League of Nations Mandate Program). The last UN Trusteeship to be dependent gained independence officially in 1993 (Palau), ending the program.