colonial rule
Overseas territorial control
Colonial rule is governance of a territory by a foreign power, typically involving political control, economic exploitation, and cultural imposition by the colonizing nation over indigenous populations.
The term usually refers to European domination of regions in Africa, Asia, and the Americas from the 16th through 20th centuries: India gained independence after nearly two centuries of British colonial rule.
Colonial rule often left lasting effects on borders, institutions, and social structures.
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- divide and ruleControl through fragmentation
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
mercantilism · independence movements · freedom fighters · forced labor · protectorate · racial segregation · liberation theology · missionary work · indentured servitude · disenfranchisement · viceroy · plantation economy · resource extraction · trade routes · ethnic cleansing · puppet state · hegemony · white man's burden
- Uganda HistoryIdi Amin, Kampala, Entebbe, 1962, dictatorship
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- conquestwar of conquest, capture, invasion, domination, subjugation
- British EmpireIndia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong
- colonialismcolonization, colonial powers, colonizer, colonies, colonial empires
colonial ruleself-governance
Independent management of affairs
self-determination · self-rule · independence · self-government · home rule
colonial ruleindependence
Freedom from external control
sovereignty · national independence · statehood · national sovereignty · political independence
colonial ruleindependence
Freedom from external control
decolonization · national liberation · liberation · emancipation · postcolonial era