colonial powers
Overseas empire builders
Colonial powers are nations that established and maintained colonies—territories governed and exploited by a foreign state.
The term typically refers to European nations that dominated much of Africa, Asia, and the Americas from the 16th through 20th centuries: Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal were the major colonial powers.
The phrase often carries critical connotations, emphasizing exploitation and subjugation of indigenous peoples.
- expansionismPolicy of territorial growth
- flag plantingRitual territorial assertion
- occupationsTypes of paid work
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- dominationSupreme authority held
divide and rule · subjugation · empire · neocolonialism · settler · civilizing mission · white man's burden · dependencies · indigenous resistance · British Empire · mother country · conquests · creolization · syncretism · trade routes · transatlantic trade · raw materials · acculturation
- African historyNubia, Dahomey, Oyo Empire, Scramble for Africa, scramble for Africa
- colonialismcolonizer, British Empire, colonizers, protectorate, settlers
- Atlantic HistoryAtlantic crossing, transatlantic trade, transatlantic crossing, Columbus, triangle trade
- Atlantic tradetriangle trade, Atlantic slave trade, slave ships, trade winds, Atlantic crossings
- Caribbean historyJamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Cuba, Trinidad
- postcolonialismorientalism, postcolonialism, subaltern, neocolonialism, mimicry
colonial powerscolonies
Territories under foreign control
occupied territories · protectorates · native populations · indigenous peoples · mandates
colonial powersindependence movements
Efforts seeking political autonomy
liberation movements · anti-colonial movements · freedom fighters · anti-imperialists · Non-Aligned Movement
colonial, power, colony, colonies, colonist, colonists, colonize, colonized, colonizing