colonial-era
Before national independence
Colonial-era describes something from or relating to a period when a territory was under colonial rule—governed by a foreign power rather than its own people.
In American contexts, it usually means before 1776: colonial-era architecture, colonial-era laws.
Elsewhere it refers to whatever period applies: colonial-era India, colonial-era Africa.
The term often carries implicit critique of exploitation or imposed governance.
Extending dominion over others
- British RajImperial rule over India
- Dutch East IndiesColonial archipelago in Southeast Asia
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- empireDomain under unified control
conquest · settlement · annexation · protectorate · territorial · expansion · scramble · partition
Act of removing
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- spicesAromatic food flavorings
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
sugar · indigo · ivory · slaves · trade routes · monopoly · cash crops · labor
Religious workers abroad
- conversionAct of changing states
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- indigenousOriginating in a region
hybrid · syncretism · creole · mestizo · orientalism · exoticism · oppression · hierarchy
Roofed open-air porch
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- plantation houseGrand home on farmland
- whitewashedConcealed with false appearance
- shuttersHinged window coverings
portico · hacienda · manor · quarters · compound · courtyard · pillars · tile roof
Valuable old items
- furnitureMovable room objects
- mapsGeographic visual representations
- documentsFormal written records
- photographsLight-captured images
memorabilia · relics · heirlooms · silverware · porcelain · textiles · uniforms · flags
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- British RajImperial rule over India
- Dutch East IndiesColonial archipelago in Southeast Asia
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
empire · conquest · settlement · annexation · protectorate · territorial · expansion · scramble · partition · sovereignty
extraction
Act of removing
cotton · sugar · indigo · ivory · slaves · trade routes · monopoly · cash crops · labor · exploitation
missionaries
Religious workers abroad
- conversionAct of changing states
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
indigenous · hybrid · syncretism · creole · mestizo · orientalism · exoticism · oppression · hierarchy · segregation
veranda
Roofed open-air porch
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- plantation houseGrand home on farmland
- whitewashedConcealed with false appearance
shutters · portico · hacienda · manor · quarters · compound · courtyard · pillars · tile roof · wraparound porch
antiques
Valuable old items
photographs · memorabilia · relics · heirlooms · silverware · porcelain · textiles · uniforms · flags · currency
colonial-erapost-independence
After achieving sovereignty
post-colonial · postcolonial · pre-colonial · precolonial · decolonized
colonial-erasovereign
Supreme in power
independent · self-governing · decolonized · postcolonial · autonomous
colonial-erapost-colonial
After imperial withdrawal
anti-colonial · neocolonial · indigenous · native · precontact
colonial, colony, colonize, colonized, colonizing, colonization, colonist, colonists, colonies