Following World War II, a large part of the world was in the hands of European powers, established as colonies in the previous centuries. As one of the nations that came out on top of the geopolitical situation, the United States was looked to with hope by aspiring nationalist movements but also seen as a potential source by European allies in the war as a potential supporter of the movement to restore the tarnished empires to their former glory. Decolonization is essentially any process where one state is moving from being a colony within a formal empire to national independence. And we use it mainly to talk about the end of Europe’s modern continent expanding, imperial system. This a process that began with the United States gaining independence in the 18th century, but when historians and most people talk about it, they’re talking about the era of decolonization, which is the period after the Second World War, when local nationalist movements forced various European empires to leave Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
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AuthorMy name is Curtis Lowe. I am in 10th grade at Kamehameha Schools. Archives
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