Colonialism
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Colonialism is the practice of extending and maintaining political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a territory and its people by another people in pursuit of interests defined in an of
A 1665 illustration of a Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura, depicting various elements of colonialism, including its hierarchies and impact on the colonized and their lands
The East Offering its Riches to Britannia, painted by Spiridione Roma for the boardroom of the British East India Company
Dutch family in Java, 1927
Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, c. 1820
Decolonization
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Decolonization is the ending of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. The meanings and applications of the term
Colonialism
…cases justified with beliefs of having a civilizing mission to cultivate land and life, historically often rooted in the belief of a Christian mission. Decolonization, which started in the 18th century, gradually led to the independence of colonies in waves, with a particular large wave of decolonizations happening…
The Chilean Declaration of Independence on 18 February 1818
Prince Pedro proclaims himself Emperor of an independent Brazil on 7 September 1822.
Members of the Irish delegation for the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations in December 1921
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781