colonial

After America defeated the Marianas’ colonial ruler in the Spanish-American War, it wanted a base to project power over the western Pacific.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

The “public” would mean ordinary people like colonial patrons of taverns who gathered round to read the proposed Constitution in newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The artist was Jeremias Schultz, a Berliner born in 1723 who resettled in the Netherlands and established himself as a painter of the Dutch colonial empire’s merchant class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Pitt Rivers claims to hold the largest collection of Naga artefacts in the world, most of which were acquired during British colonial rule in India and Myanmar.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

France had a vast colonial empire: at the turn of the twentieth century, it stretched across almost all of west and central Africa.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Many Americans in this 250th year of independence will look back proudly on those colonials who rebelled against British taxation by dumping tea in Boston Harbor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Stately, white colonials are on one block, while modest Spanish revivals sit on the next.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

Year-round, elegant colonials and ramblers, with their classic details, red brick and stonework, grace Colonial Village in Northwest Washington.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022

“It’s English food, but refracted through an Indian lens,” Kamicheril says — a legacy of colonials with palates newly awakened to the possibilities of spice.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

He despised those American colonials who had fought against his England, yet he still chose to settle in Philadelphia, where he set up a royalist newspaper called The Porcupine's Gazette.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy