Distinctions of Colony & Empire

Battling man, battling nature, & settling ethically

My favorite part of the Pocahontas story is when she goes to England with her husband John Ross, runs into John Smith, and is furious that he’s still alive.

I think we need to separate out imperialism from colonialism. They are certainly linked, and many sources use them interchangeably, but to my mind, they are not the same. The root word of colonialism…