Colonial period (a period in a country's history where it was subject to management by a colonial power) may refer to:
Continents
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:
See also
- Early modern period, the era from 1400–1800 CE
- Age of Discovery or Exploration, the period from c. 1418 – c. 1620 during which seafarers from European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe
- Colonialism
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