colonial resistance
Subjects opposing rulers
Colonial resistance encompasses the ways colonized peoples oppose foreign rule—from organized rebellions and armed struggle to civil disobedience, economic boycotts, and cultural preservation.
The term appears in historical contexts ranging from American independence movements to twentieth-century African and Asian decolonization: Colonial resistance in India combined nonviolent protest with strategic non-cooperation.
Resistance could be overt or subtle, violent or passive, but unified by rejection of imperial authority.
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
- colonial ruleForeign power's territorial dominion
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
freedom fighters · sabotage · boycott · guerrilla warfare · insurgency · oral history · independence movement · home rule · language preservation · civil disobedience · anti-colonialism · traditional art · self-determination · armed rebellion · revolutionary army · Sons of Liberty · redcoats · spiritual resilience
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
- Indian historyancient India, Indian independence, Akbar, Mughal Empire, British Raj
- Andean Culturellama, alpaca, quinoa, Quechua, panpipes
- Independence Movementsindependence movements, liberation movements, liberation struggles, liberation war, independence movement
colonial resistancecapitulation
Complete yielding to demands
loyalism · accommodation · subservience · complicity · surrender
colonial resistancecolonial expansion
Extending control over territories
imperial conquest · colonization · imperialism · imperial expansion · colonial exploitation
colonial resistancepassivity
State of non-resistance
complicity · quiescence · resignation · political apathy · quietism