Colonial Architecture. American colonial is an architectural style that first emerged under the period of colonial rule in the united states in the 1600s and 1700s. Today, the term american colonial is generally shorthand for both the historical building style introduced by british colonists in new england, as well as the colonial revival style that proliferated in the 20th century and remains.
Yes, i know they had smaller feet back then, but give it a shot. Though the style technically encompasses english colonial, french colonial, spanish colonial, dutch colonial, and georgian styles, american colonial is most similar to english colonial, due to the prolonged length of british rule in america. Colonial architectural style in british india wholly expressed the will of a people not simply to rule, evangelize, or exploit another but to adapt itself to alien circumstances, landscapes altogether unlike its own.
