<Li> Alaska: a colony of Russia from the middle 18th century until sold to the United States in 1867 . It became the 49th American state in 1959 . </Li> <Li> Angola: a colony of Portugal since the 16th century . Independent since 1975 . </Li> <Li> Argentina gained its independence from Spain in 1810 and formed the modern constitution in 1853 . </Li> <Li> Australia was formed as an independent country in 1901 from a federation of six distinct British colonies which were founded between 1788 and 1829 . </Li>

Another term for a special committee is which of the following