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

• 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)
• European colonization of the Americas
• Colonisation of Africa

See also

• Early modern period, the era from 1400–1800 CE
• Colonialism