Definition of Colonialism

the instance of one country dominating another territory and its citizens

Examples of Colonialism in a sentence

England’s colonialism of the new world was brought to an end by the American revolution.  

When European nations started controlling African territories through colonialism, they erased many parts of the native culture.  

Think of colonialism as an unhealthy relationship between a child and an absent parent who tries to exert control from a distance.  

In the early 1600s, many nations began to use colonialism as a means of establishing a presence on other continents.  

Colonialism gave large nations a way to steal the resources of smaller countries.  

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