Sentences with 'colonialism'
Example sentences and phrases with the word colonialism and other words derived from it.
• « In reality, the conflict was as much about colonialism and imperialism as it was about communism: the essential motivation of the North Vietnamese forces was the desire to achieve true independence from foreign powers. The war itself was a result of the conflict between the Vietnamese and their French colonial masters, which eventually spilled over into the United States. »
• « Although the existentialists themselves continued to write, debate and participate in politics (most became Marxist intellectuals and supporters of third world uprisings against colonialism), existential philosophy eventually fell out of fashion in favour of various types of theory that eventually became loosely grouped as "postmodernism". »
• « Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former domestic slave, became the leader of the struggle against Spain and England for a Haiti free of slavery and further European colonialism. Since revolutionary France had abolished slavery, Toussaint aligned himself with France in the hope of keeping Spain and England at bay. »