After Germany lost its colonies at the end of the First World War, the Society propagated for their reoccupation.

During his reign, Britain lost its American colonies but emerged as a leading European power.

Both lost their American colonies shortly after the end of the Peninsular War, which severely weakened their global power.

Spain entered the 20th century a predominantly agrarian nation - a nation which, moreover, had lost its colonies.

The Canadian federation was born in 1867, more than a century after France lost its North American colonies to Britain.

The Dutch had never captured anything from the British, and only French military action had saved them from losing virtually all their colonies.

By and by Venice lost its colonies and its monopoly for the trade in the Adriatic Sea.

The British government needed a new site for transported convicts as they had lost their American colonies following defeat in the American Revolutionary War.

After World War I Germany lost her colonies and Hamburg lost many of its trade routes.

He was among those who signed the treaty in Paris by which Spain lost its colonies.