After britain lost the american colonies, where is one place they gained other colonies? a. russia b. canada c. portugal d. australia

The answser is D: Australia.

The history of Australia as a colony of Britain is commonly regarded as starting in 1788 when the first fleet of eleven British ships —commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip— arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, settling the first penal colony and setting forth the scientific and geographical exploration of the continent.

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can