colonial wars
Empire expansion battles
Colonial wars are armed conflicts arising from the establishment, expansion, or defense of colonial empires.
The term covers wars of conquest against indigenous peoples, conflicts between competing colonial powers over territory, and wars of independence fought by colonized populations seeking self-rule.
The colonial wars of the nineteenth century reshaped the map of Africa.
- Seven Years' War1756-1763 global military conflict
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- white man's burdenImperialist ideology disguising exploitation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- Scramble for AfricaRapid European colonization period
flag planting · indigenous resistance · French and Indian War · racial hierarchies · divide and rule · cavalry charges · cultural assimilation · naval blockades · muskets · expeditionary forces · forced migration · trade routes · scorched earth tactics · resource exploitation · missionary activity · nationalism · fortifications · Spanish-American War
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- colonial historypilgrims, Jamestown, Plymouth, Mayflower, coastal settlements
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
- Latin American WarsFalklands War, Mexican Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Dirty War
- Portuguese historyAge of Discovery, Carnation Revolution, Salazar, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama
- AcadiaAcadians, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, deportees
colonial warscivil wars
Domestic armed conflicts
civil strife · civil unrest · internal conflicts · homeland defense · regional conflicts
colonial warswars of independence
Armed struggles for sovereignty
liberation wars · revolutionary wars · resistance movements · independence movements · decolonization
colonial, colony, colonies, colonist, colonists, colonialism, colonialist, colonize, colonized