Jocelyn/Bethany Imperialism by Jocelyn Apholt

Cuba

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:18:00 UTC

colonized by spain

Panama

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:19:05 UTC

colonized by spain

Egypt

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:19:17 UTC

Egypt was colonized from 1882-1922, Britain formally occupied Egypt and controlled its government.

Puerto Rico

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:20:07 UTC

colonized by spain

Mexico

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:20:39 UTC

colonized by spain

France

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:20:43 UTC

France colonized numerous territories across the globe, primarily in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific.

India

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:21:30 UTC

colonized by Britain

The Netherlands

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:22:08 UTC

The Netherlands was never colonized however, it controlled a vast colonial empire, primarily in Asia, the Americas, and Africa.

Philippines

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:22:50 UTC

colonized by spain, united States and japan

Japan

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:24:11 UTC

colonizer

Congo

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:24:20 UTC

Congo was colonized in two phases. Initially, from 1885 to 1908, it was ruled by Belgian King Leopold II as a private enterprise known as the Congo Free State.

South Africa

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:24:56 UTC

South Africa was colonized by the Dutch, and later the British.

Ethiopia

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:25:36 UTC

Ethiopia was not fully colonized, but it was occupied by Fascist Italy from 1936 to 1941.

Portugal

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:26:12 UTC

colonizer

Italy

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:27:35 UTC

Italy itself was not colonized by another power in the way that many African or Asian nations were.

Spain

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:28:12 UTC

Spain was not colonized.

Vietnam

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:29:12 UTC

Vietnam was colonized by France, beginning in the mid-19th century and officially becoming a French colony in 1887 as part of French Indochina.

Austria

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:29:31 UTC

colonized by the british

Germany

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:29:46 UTC

Germany was not colonized. Instead, Germany, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, established its own colonial empire.

New Zealand

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:30:03 UTC

colonized by Britain

Hawaii

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:30:32 UTC

colonized by the USA

Belgium

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:30:32 UTC

Belgium gained its independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1830. However, Belgium did colonize the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as the Congo Free State) from 1885, initially as the personal territory of King Leopold II, and later as a colony in 1908.

Great Britain

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:30:57 UTC

Great Britain wasn't colonized in the traditional sense; it was the colonizer.

Guam

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:31:04 UTC

colonized by spain

The Zulu: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:34:17 UTC

The Zulu are a prominent Nguni people, a Bantu group, primarily located in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. They are the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with a population of approximately 11 million people.

Cecil Rhodes - Zimbabwe

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:37:26 UTC

Cecil Rhodes was a British empire builder, businessman, and politician who played a significant role in southern Africa in the late 19th century. He is known for founding the De Beers diamond company and for the territories of Southern and Northern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia) being named after him. He was born in Bishop's Stortford, England, and died in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa.)

South Africa

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:38:56 UTC

Afrikaners- Afrikaners are a southern african group descended from predominantly dutch who first arrived at the cape of good hope in 1652

Sokoto CaliphateSokoto CaliphateSokoto Caliphate Sokoto Caliphate - Northern Nigeria

bethanyparke2026 — 2025-05-06 13:42:04 UTC

Sultanate of Sokoto (Sokoto Caliphate): 1804-1903. The Sokoto Caliphate in Northern Nigeria was one of the largest empires in Africa during the 19th century. The empire developed as a result of the Fulani jihads (holy wars) which took place in the first decade of the 19th century across what is now Northern Nigeria.

Belgium

japholt2026 — 2025-05-06 13:46:24 UTC

King Leopold ll- was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 he was exiled because of the controversy about his conduct during the war