Questions tagged [colonization]
The process of a country relocating some of its citizens to a territory under their purvey and asserting political, military and/or economic control over any native inhabitants who may already occupy said territory.
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How much of colonialism profit was continued post-colonialism by neo-imperialism/neo-colonialism? [closed]
(Particularly European colonial countries)
My understanding of colonialism is that it provided significant wealth/resources in the early industrialization of colonial countries. Does that generally ...
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Was there a serious proposal to offer India territory in East Africa?
In the recent World Service series The War That Changed The World the episode dealing with India contains a rather extraordinary claim.
A panel member, an Indian, says there was a notion during WW1 ...
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In the British empire, what was the difference between a Governor General and a Viceroy?
In the many colonies of the British empire, it seems that the rulers of some were known as Governors General and others were officially titled as Viceroys. Was there a practical distinction between ...
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What happened to the french overseas colonies during the beginning of the french revolution?
While I understand that Paris and then most of France got swept up in revolutionary fervor. What happened in its far flung colonies, such as the Antilles, India, North America, Africa and even ...
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Are former British colonies better off now compared to other colonies and why [duplicate]
After looking up some statistics it appears that former British colonies ( Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore,...) seem to be better of than colonies of let's say ...
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Why were the Thirteen Colonies more successful, both economically and socially, than other colonies? [closed]
The Thirteen Colonies had an incredibly rocky start, running out of food and surrounded by Indian tribes which were not pacified until much later. Yet 200 years later, the population in the colonies ...
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How did Europeans really conquer the Americas? [closed]
In school we (US centric students) were taught that the european settlers won over the Native Americans due to our superior technology (aka guns) and the native american's susceptibility to our ...
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How did native Americans and European colonists conduct their trades?
I'm curious to know how Natives Americans and Europeans colonists traded during the colonization of north-east America.
what kind of currencies (if any) were used? Or did they barter?
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Were the (early 17th C) arrivers/colonists to North America (USA) outcasts from European societies?
I have heard that early pilgrims for 'the new world' (North America / USA) left because they were indigent and had no support in their homelands. I have also heard that some were criminals or ...
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What was the impetus behind the British Empire's acquisition of what is now Canada?
What led the British to Canada as part of a plan to colonise North America?
There are no good natural resources in Canada and, from what I can see, there was no point in getting a military ...
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Why didn't Zheng He colonize the countries he explored like what the Europeans did to the New World? [closed]
Hundreds of years ago, China was more advanced than Europe and even the Ottomans. Why didn't China become a colonial master?
Ming Dynasty Zheng He went on huge shipping expeditions and could have ...
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Why did France put so many resources into fighting Algeria in comparison to its other former colonial holdings?
Why did France put so many resources into fighting Algeria in comparison to its other former colonial holdings? Was there anything unique about the French-Algerian relationship. On Wikipedia it says ...
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What does Spivak mean by "epistemic violence" in her paper "can the subaltern speak"? [closed]
What does G. Spivak mean by epistemic violence in her essay "Can the subaltern speak"? Does she mean that intellectuals in Europe and first world countries are prolonging and fixing the neo-...
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What types of weapons did the British army use in the late 1890's?
I am particularly interested in the types of rifles that troops serving in Africa would use, especially during the 1890's. Did they have any kind of repeating rifles, or were they still using single ...
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New World Sickness
When Europeans came to the Americas, they brought with them "Old World diseases" that decimated the Native American population. There's a big list of them here. Were there any "New World" diseases ...
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Did France actually intend to colonise West Australia and were any resources assigned to this objective prior to 1829?
The Wikipedia article about the History of Western Australia mentions that the British set up a military garrison at King George Sound in 1826 and established a colony on the Swan River in 1829 in ...
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Colonisation of India: Which regions of the United Kingdom did colonial personnel come from?
I'm a linguist doing research on the emergence of new dialects of English spoken in former colonies, especially India. These new dialects have two major influences: (1) Interference from the mother ...
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How were British personnel employed in the colonies after independence
A lot of colonies continued to employ British citizens in their government even after attaining independence. But how were these employees paid (in local currency, or in pounds)? Was it not considered ...
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Did any Ethiopian leaders help the Italians?
Around the two Italo-Ethiopian wars, did any Ethiopian leaders side with the Italians?
By "around", I mean anywhere from about 1890 to 1936.
By "leaders", I mean noblemen, military officers, popular ...
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Did Great Britain benefit economically from the loss of America?
I have been told by many acquaintances that the loss of the thirteen colonies actually BENEFITED the UK. Their claim is that the UK no longer had to pay for the colonies' defence and administration ...
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Why has Hainan been so little fought over?
There are two really substantial islands off the coast of China, namely Taiwan (Formosa) and Hainan. Whereas Taiwan has been occupied, colonised, renamed and fought over for the last 600 years, Hainan ...
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Why did the attempts to keep Africa colonized after World War II fail?
After World War II, though the Attlee-led British government decided to give freedom to India, they held on to much of Africa. But why did this attempt at colonization fail? Wikipedia explains that ...
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literature about colonialism
I'm looking for one big, synthetic work about colonialism from 15th to 18th century. I need general history, included history of Spain, France, Portugal, Netherlands and England/Great Britain. Do you ...
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The economic prosperity of former colonies and their demographic make up
Most former colonies are now developing or poor countries, such as many countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Some exceptions are Australia, the United States, Canada. Interestingly they are ...
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Was India's independence inevitable after Cripps Mission?
In 1942, the British government had sent Sir Stafford Cripps to negotiate with the Congress. According to most sources (though this was not made public at that time), the Cripps Mission had proposed ...
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Fanons 'Concerning Violence' makes the point that Nazism was the culminating point of the project of European Colonialism, how true is that? [closed]
He writes 'Not long ago Nazism transformed the whole of Europe into a veritable colony', meaning that the techniques pioneered in the colonies of Europe were turned upon Europe itself, culminating in ...
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What was the American policy on colonisation and why?
What was the official policy of the USA on colonisation? How well did America follow it officially and non-officially? What were the reasons behind it?
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Why was Africa never really colonized? [duplicate]
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Why was Africa colonized last of the continents in the Age of Discovery?
When the British colonized the Americas and Australia, they made sure to move normal civilians in and ...
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Is there actual debate over which country (Brazil or Portugal) is the successor state to the original Portugal? [closed]
I heard that "Portugal is so lame, it had to declare independece from it's colony (Brasil)", which was elaborated to saying that it's not actually obvious which state (Brazil or Portugal) are the ...
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