colonial era
Before national sovereignty
Colonial era refers to a historical period when a territory was under the political control of a foreign power, typically a European nation governing lands in Africa, Asia, or the Americas.
The phrase usually appears with a specific referent: colonial-era architecture, laws dating to the colonial era.
In American contexts without qualification, it generally means the period before independence in 1776.
- ProtectorateCromwell's republican England
- Scramble for AfricaRapid European colonization period
- white man's burdenImperialist ideology disguising exploitation
- British RajImperial rule over India
- MercantilismColonial wealth-hoarding economic doctrine
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- Uruguay historyMontevideo, Rivera, civil wars, constitutions, revolutions
- Yoruba HistoryOyo Empire, Lagos, civil wars, city-states, British colonization
- Caribbean Jewssynagogues, Jewish heritage, crypto-Jews, merchant families, Jewish quarters
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