It was known as the largest colonial empire in history.

The first was the collapse of the French colonial empire.

It was a war between and over the future of each state's colonial empires.

"2nd" means the country/territory was part of the second French colonial empire.

At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a colonial empire.

France built a large colonial empire in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The religion was also noted as a presence in the French colonial empire from the 1950s.

But this was even more striking in the colonial empires.

It has been the world's largest national economy (not including colonial empires) since at least the 1890s.

In the view of many Portuguese, a colonial empire was necessary for continued national power and influence.

All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact.

If it wasn't for his war, the colonial empires wouldn't have broken up, see.

Previous wars had seen France lose most of its colonial empire.

France, too, has had to shed its once vast colonial empire.

He promised to make Italy a great power by creating its colonial empire.

A burgeoning worldwide colonial empire was established from the 16th century.

The victories over the French within the colonial empire provided a chance for events of the war to be forgotten.

This major loss was a decisive blow to France and its colonial empire.

From that time on, France had officially incorporated the island into its colonial empire.

Because of competing national interest, nations had the desire for increased world power through their colonial empires.

On one hand, a new world order was demanded with desires of creating a German colonial empire.

It would seem from the record, therefore, that France was not prepared to dismantle her colonial empire.

It also operated in defence of France's overseas territories and colonial empire.

War and cold war had some progressive effects with the colonial empires.

Carthage inherited no colonial empire from Tyre and had to build her own.