Learn: Decolonization Gracie, Jen, Emily, Kate Plan for Today Jeopardy Play with table group 1 2 Video Remember details 3 Fly swat game Hit the board Decolonization Definition - Just as it sounds - Counties that were colonized gained
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Plan for Today Jeopardy Play with table group 1 2 Video Remember details 3 Fly swat game Hit the board<br>
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Decolonization Definition - Just as it sounds
- Counties that were colonized gained independence
- Very different for different countries<br>
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British Less violent
Ex) India French More violent
Ex) Algeria, Vietnam Japan Fighting
Ex) Indonesia, Philippines Portuguese War
Ex) Angola Colonizing countries Remember, people were grouped for no reason<br>
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Asia and Middle East Late 1940 Philippines, India, Burma, Iraq, Jordan Africa 1950-70 >50 Pacific Oceania 1970 Fiji, Samoa Hawaii 1959 Joined as a state Caribbean 1960-70 Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica Where and When Independence: Incorporation:<br>
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Counties like China were no longer partly controlled Also<br>
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Some didn’t work AND Ex) Canada Quebecois separatist movement – Quebecois (French Nationalists) wanted freedom<br>
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After WW2 -Colonials powers didn’t have any money left so they had little control
- Ex) Italy colonies (losing side) – France and British wanted to split them but were weak so the countries gained independence like Ethiopia, Libya, Semolina Reasons<br>
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-USA and USSR wanted to take power away from Europe
-If they decolonized a country, they would side with them Cold War<br>
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Protests/Rebellions/Politics Nationalism -Ex) Gold Coast (very rich) (Ghana)– British gave them more power hoping they would like to stay under their rule, but they became more educated and united, boycotting<br>
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India Negotiation -Gandhi (Indian National Congress)
Nationalism and British promised independence but didn’t give it
After WWII they were fed up
Hunger Strikes
Pakistan and India (Muslim League)
Hindu / Muslim accounts French West Africa Senegal and others were ruled harshly by the French
Until after WW’s and French were weak, they gave them<br>
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United Nations -Gave a goal for counties to join
-Helped This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.<br>
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This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Leaders didn’t want to restore past, wanted innovation and modern's technologies power `<br>
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-Set up by US, so slave owners wouldn’t have to deal with slaves any more
-Some moved and declared independence -Ethnic Europeans
-Peaceful Countries Liberia South Africa<br>
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Formed developing nations or the “Global South”<br>
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Proxy Wars “Proxy wars involve the sponsorship of actors by an external state to influence a violent conflict’s outcome for the external state’s own strategic purposes.”
AKA countries helping others fight wars for their own gain<br>
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Proxy Wars A war instigated by a major power, in which that power itself does not become involved.
Ex. Although the Soviet Union and the United States did not directly go to war, they each supported a different side of the war.<br>
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Communist Governments China
Vietnam
Cuba Multi-Party Democracies India
South Africa Single-Party Democracies Mexico
Tanzania
Senegal Military Regimes Latin America
Africa
Middle East Dictatorships Iraq
Uganda
Philippines<br>
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Note on Military Regimes -Globalization of Democracy (2000+) – More counties dropped their current systems for democracy
Collapse of communism/authoritarian governments
Didn’t always work…Hugo Chávez, Putin who created dictatorship in office<br>
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Examples for your SAQ's :)<br>
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Indian National Congress
Political Party that started during British Imperialism in India
Key part of The Indian Independence movement
Led by Mahatma Gandhi
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for 3 decades
Prime mover of post-World War II anti-colonial movement
Kwarme Nkrumah
Led Gold Coast's (Ghana's) drive for independence from Ghana
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Led anti-imperialism movements in Egypt Examples of Nationalist Leaders and Parties Click to add text<br>
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India from the British Empire
The Gold Coast from the British Empire
French West Africa from France Examples of Colonies that Negotiated Independence<br>
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Algeria from the French Empire
Angola from the Portuguese Empire
Vietnam from the French Empire Examples of Colonies that Gained Independence through armed struggle<br>
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Muslim League in British India
Quebecois separatist movement in Canada
Biafra secessionist movement in Nigeria Examples of Decolonization Movements<br>
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Chile under Augusto Pinochet
Spain under Francisco
Uganda under Idi Amin
The buildup of the military-industrial complex and weapons trading
Movements that used violence – Shining Path and Al-Qaeda Examples of Resistance to Established Power after 1900<br>
