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    colonial empires spanning 35% of Earth's land by 1800 and peaking at 84% by the beginning of World War I. Modern colonialism developed a coloniality which...
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    The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...
    129 KB (15,355 words) - 03:24, 30 May 2024
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    The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation...
    164 KB (21,040 words) - 17:07, 27 May 2024
  • mustard, pickles, and pickled onions, among others. Jackson's, a colonial produce business, was established in London in 1706, later becoming West &...
    14 KB (1,335 words) - 10:01, 13 May 2024
  • the London Produce Clearing-House was established in the same year for regulating and adjusting bargains in foreign and colonial produce. Modern central...
    10 KB (1,116 words) - 15:07, 21 April 2024
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    Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. Britain annexed...
    116 KB (15,506 words) - 06:43, 3 June 2024
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    themselves a Republic in 1581. Prior to 1580 Dutch merchants had procured colonial produce mostly from Lisbon, but the Iberian Union cut off this supply. Survival...
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    Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia...
    83 KB (9,288 words) - 13:16, 29 May 2024
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    The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former...
    141 KB (17,360 words) - 06:35, 3 June 2024
  • Postcolonialism (also post-colonial theory) is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism...
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    (Britain, following the 1707 Act of Union with Scotland) the dominant colonial power in North America. Britain became a major power in the Indian subcontinent...
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    Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted...
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    sometimes considered part of colonial morphology. While intentionally smelling microbial cultures is not advised, some organisms produce distinctive odours that...
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    The German colonial empire (German: Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Unified...
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  • "The Wild Colonial Boy" is a traditional anonymously penned Irish-Australian folk ballad that tells the story of a bushranger in early colonial Australia...
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    The Coastal Athletic Association (CAA), formerly the Colonial Athletic Association, is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division...
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  • injurious because of import duties on articles of consumption, especially colonial produce, of which Hanover was a large importer. In 1837 a Convention between...
    10 KB (1,477 words) - 17:05, 21 October 2022
  • holding the rank of captain in April 1885. By profession he was a colonial produce broker at Mincing Lane in City of London. He died in February 1917...
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    Colonial Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated...
    107 KB (14,173 words) - 02:57, 15 April 2024
  • to recuperate and re-acknowledge the pre-colonial parts of their identities. Colonial countries that produce literary texts in English translation, from...
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