Colonial period (a period in a country's history where it was subject to management by a colonial power) may refer to:

Continents

• European colonization of the Americas

• Colonisation of Africa

• Western imperialism in Asia

Countries

• Colonial Chile

• Spanish conquest of Guatemala

• Viceroyalty of Peru

• Colonial history of the United States

• British Raj, British colonial rule in India, 1858 to 1947

• British Hong Kong, British colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1841 to 1997 (excluding World War II)

• Colony of Ceylon (disambiguation)

• French Indochina, French colonial rule in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

• French Algeria, French colonial rule in Algeria, 1830 to 1962

Australia:

• History of Australia (1788–1850)

• History of Australia (1851–1900)

See also

Early modern period, the era from 1400–1800 CE

• Age of Discovery or Exploration, the period from – c. 1620 during which seafarers from European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe

Colonialism

• History of colonialism