It means the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people. Britain controlled India in the form of a colony
Sepoy Mutiny
France and England
The Boers and Britain
There were a great many countries that never were under British control. There were even more that were not a British colony before they were declared independent. On the great continent of Africa there is only one. That would be Ethiopia.
Great Britain. The British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from the continent but Britain continued the war alone.
Napoleon set up the CONTINENTAL SYSTEM which was an economic embargo from the entire continent of Europe against Britain. This kind of deprivation from goods would force British businesses to struggle both because of needed imported materials and the lack of a large external market to sell its goods. (While the United States and the British colonial empire still consumed British goods, there was much more volume to Britain-Europe trade than British-Americas trade.)
A colonial period is a period of time in a nation's history when it was under the control of a colonial power. One example is when the U.S. Colonies were under control of the British government before the Revolutionary War.
During the Colonial Period of American History, British Parliament wanted to control colonial trade and otherwise legislate taxes or fees upon commercial affairs for the sake of profit: Great Britain's economic advancement was a primary goal. It should not be overlooked that another goal at work in British colonial 'meddling' was maintaining administrative and political hold of the rapidly growing, increasingly independence-minded 'Americans.'
The Patriots, in colonial times, referred to people who wanted freedom from Britain's control.
It means the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people. Britain controlled India in the form of a colony
It was later dual control due to the consequences of The Country's indebtedness to Europeans, it was controlled by France and Britain but the British finally took over of Egypt.
north America The British Empire controlled an entire continent in Australia. The British Empire was the largest empire in history.
The British control the Gold coast by their colonial masters
The Americans had become used to little interference from Britain. As a result, they viewed the colonies as independent with only minimal oversight from Britain. Britain saw the colonies as theirs, and believed they held the right to control all aspects of colonial life.
France exercised more direct control over its African colonies.
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