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- Dictionaryprotectorate/prəˈtɛkt(ə)rət/
noun
- 1. a state that is controlled and protected by another: "Panama was juridically a protectorate of the United States"
- 2. the position or period of office of a Protector, especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell. historical
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Sep 23, 2024 · United Kingdom - Commonwealth, Protectorate, Monarchy: The execution of the king aroused hostility not only in England but also throughout Europe. Regicide was considered the worst of all crimes, and not even the brilliance of John Milton in The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649) could persuade either Catholic or Protestant powers that the ...
Sep 14, 2024 · imperialism, state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining...
- Today the term imperialism is commonly used in international propaganda to denounce and discredit an opponent’s foreign policy. International organ...
- Following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, European nations sought to extend their economic and political power overseas, especially in Afric...
Sep 9, 2024 · British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies— colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Thus, an "empire" may include regions that are not legally within the territory of a state, but are under either direct or indirect control of that state, such as a colony, client state, or protectorate.
Sep 24, 2024 · In 1912, the French and Spanish protectorates were declared, with the lion’s share of Moroccan territory going to France. Nevertheless, it took France several decades to quell the numerous rural revolts sparked by military occupation.
2 days ago · The Mandate for Palestine was a legal document that established the United Kingdom as a Mandatory in charge of Palestine and Transjordan following its occupation of the territories during World War I and their eventual concession from the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
2 days ago · By the start of the First World War in 1914, Italy had acquired in Africa the colony of Eritrea on the Red Sea coast, a large protectorate and later colony in Somalia, and authority in formerly Ottoman Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (gained after the Italo-Turkish War) which were later unified in the colony of Libya.
