French law recognizing slavery and the Atlantic slave trade as crimes against humanity (Taubira Law). 2005: February 23 French law on the "positive aspects" of "French presence abroad, in particular in North Africa." 2006: Repeal of the February 23, 2005 French law, following criticisms of historical revisionism. 2010: Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. See also Timeline of European imperialism Colonialism International relations (1814–1919) Wars of national liberation Decolonization British colonization of the Americas Former colonies and territories in Canada French colonization of the Americas Spanish colonization of the Americas List of French possessions and colonies References Further reading Benjamin, Thomas. Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450 (3 vol. 2006) Hodge, Carl Cavanagh. Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914 (2 vol. 2007) Lehning, James. European Colonialism since 1700 (2013) Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online Page, Melvin E. et al. eds. Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia (3 vol. 2003) Stuchtey, Benedikt, ed. Colonialism and Imperialism, 1450-1950, European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, 2011 History of European colonialism Western culture