Remake of Global Imperialism by Braden Green

Cuba

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 13:53:16 UTC

Cuba had been a colony from 1492 until 1898 when the United States took over the territory in the Spanish–American War.

Panama

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 13:55:47 UTC

Panama carries the claim of being the first part of the mainland Americas to be colonized, in 1502, albeit with a short-lived garrison of eighty men.

Puerto Rico

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 13:58:54 UTC

Puerto Rico is one of the world's oldest colonies, having been under some form of military occupation or protectorate status since 1508. On November 19, 1493, during his second voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico.

Mexico

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 14:00:49 UTC

The indigenous populations had few rights and were often exploited. Mexico was greatly influenced by the Spanish way of life and culture. The combining of Indian with Spanish traditions gave birth to a new country. While Mexico remained a colony, rulers that governed Mexico came from mainland Spain.

India

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 14:02:43 UTC

The South Asian country of India was colonized by the European nation of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 14:04:41 UTC

Colonized the Indian territory

Philippines

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 14:06:36 UTC

The United States didn't even set out to colonize the Philippines at first. It was only colonized because it happened to be a colony of Spain at the time of the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Japan

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 14:09:39 UTC

Japan was not formally colonized by Western powers, but was a colonizer itself.

Portugal

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-09 14:11:19 UTC

Portugal colonized parts of South America (Brazil, Colónia do Sacramento, Uruguay, Guanare, Venezuela), but also made some unsuccessful attempts to colonize North America (Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia in Canada).

Australia

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-14 13:59:58 UTC

The British colonized Australia once they found more habitable land in the south eastern part of Australia, and spread from that point to the north and west.

New Zealand

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-14 14:06:49 UTC

Colonized by Britain

Hawaii

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-14 14:14:57 UTC

The American presence in the Hawaiian Islands was and is currently colonial in nature.

Guam

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-15 14:01:38 UTC

Guam, a territory of the United States, remains a colonized nation and colonialism continues to impact the native Chamorro people along with those who call the island home.

United States

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-15 14:02:28 UTC

Colonized Guam

Belgium

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-15 14:13:55 UTC

Belgium colonized the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the reign of King Leopold II

Germany

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-15 14:14:51 UTC

Germany was one of the major colonial powers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Germany colonized parts of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

Vietnam

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 20:47:21 UTC

Vietnam became a French colony in 1877 with the founding of French Indochina, which included Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China, and Cambodia.

Manchuria Yusitan, Ghulja, Ili, China

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 20:52:37 UTC

Nominally Chinese, Manchuria became a Japanese colony within three decades. Japan began exercising control over Manchuria in the early twentieth century, eventually overtaking the region in early 1932 and Nipponisizing its name to Manchoukuo.

France

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 20:53:15 UTC

France began colonizing the Americas in the 16th century and continued into the following centuries as it established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere.

Spain

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 20:56:43 UTC

The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.

Egypt

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 20:58:00 UTC

Egypt was effectively colonized in 1882. This was called the Veiled Protectorate, since Britain's rule, or protectorate, over Egypt was obfuscated.

Congo

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 20:59:23 UTC

The newly named “Belgian Congo” remained a colony until the Democratic Republic of Congo gained its independence in 1960.

South Africa

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 21:00:32 UTC

Although South Africa became a Union with its own white people government in 1910, the country was still regarded as a colony of Britain till 1961.

Ethiopia

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 21:01:27 UTC

Ethiopia and Liberia are widely believed to be the only two African countries to have never been colonized.

Italy

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 21:17:34 UTC

Italy was the last European country to establish a colonial empire.

Palestine

bradengreen1 — 2024-02-17 21:18:53 UTC

The League of Nations gave Britain mandatory power over Palestine in 1922