a) Colonialism is not quite the same as conquest.
b) Even the most successful European colonizers were never able to fully pacify their possessions. The best evidence of that is that every single one of them (except Russia) eventually gave up their possessions because they were too much trouble to hold on to.
“Colonialism is not quite the same as conquest”
“Even the most successful European colonizers were never able to fully pacify their possessions. The best evidence of that is that every single one of them (except Russia) eventually gave up their possessions because they were too much trouble to hold on to.”
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The Spanish conquistadores would beg to differ. Colonialism and Imperialism are both considered a conquest.
Not every single one of them. For instance, look at Britain...15 nations are under The Commonwealth Realm - 2.2 Billion people. Sovereign nations much like our Indian reservations.
The ones that left the British Empire...it was after decades, and in some cases centuries, of British rule.
That’s just one instance.
Let’s look at Mexico...Spain called it Viceroyalty of New Spain, and ruled it for 300 yrs.
500 yrs later it’s still being debated:
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/777220132/500-years-later-the-spanish-conquest-of-mexico-is-still-being-debated