E1.+Compare+patterns+and+results+of+decolonization+in+Africa+and+India

After World War II, the colonizing nations of Europe became weaker because of the costly impact of war on their military and economy. What about the number of deaths of people in nations? This leads to being unable to suppress revolts because of low military funding. With European nations taking even more advantage of their colonies resources it led to more rebellions. The spread of nationalism throughout the colonies also led the path to decolonization. Seeing the European nations lose their grip on their colonies and also the spread of nationalism ultimately led to decolonization of Africa and India.
 * __Results of Decolonization__**


 * Africa:**


 * African nations desired to protect and gain valuable resources how do they want to do this?
 * reached decolonization during the 1950s and continuing on how did this happen?
 * Africa was to govern itself after Europeans left
 * faced difficulty because of peoples of different ethnicity and religions in the African nations
 * leads to difficulty of having a central government
 * tribes in regions with natural resources and refuse to share through central government
 * Instead many of the African nations are dictatorial military governments
 * Kongo: US supported Mobutu to take control of state through a military coup
 * Economies began to develop in Africa but were still far behind from rest of the world because they had been controlled for so long.
 * Kenya received independence but were far behind technologically and had to industrialize
 * In South Africa, the apartheid and the segregation of whites and blacks, led to a delay in black freedom because there were so many whites who acted superior and overruled the blacks actions in there country.
 * Most of equatorial Africa gained independence in 1960
 * religious differences with colonizers
 * long road to independence for some b/c uprisings crushed so frequently

__**Both:**__
 * Strength of decolonization went up after WWII
 * Suffered splits between populations within the same colony after decolonizing


 * India:**


 * Ghandi's protests around the 1920's gain political freedom to India
 * India largely decolonized due to dissolution of the British Empire.
 * Hindus of India desired to gain political power
 * India vies for independence due to a desire for global power.
 * Growth in nationalism and equality ideals also lead to a desire for decolonization.
 * WWII leads to decolonization of Africa.
 * Decolonize in 1947 for what causes?
 * Conflict between Hindus and Muslims surged after decolonization
 * Pakistan developed out of India as a result of Muslim/Hindu split.
 * Muslim and Hindu refugees migrated to Muslim Pakistan or Hindu India.
 * The conservative British leader, Winston Churchill, was taken out of office after WWII and a new labor government was put in place and they dismantled the British Empire.


 * Causes of Decolonization for India and Africa**


 * The spread of nationalism throughout the colonies
 * The Thirty Year's Crisis that led to Europe losing the ability to control its colonies
 * After WWI the cost of empire outweigh economics even more

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