Decolonization

• Mandate System


  -gave colonies varying degrees on self rule depending on their ability to sustain themselves. (developments and population)
• The mandate system in practice continued colonialism, which sparked decolonization.
• Colonial troops fought for their imperial parents' cause, but this time, after the war was over and there appeared to be no clear intention of granting independence, massive anti-imperial movements broke out across the world.
• Nations gained their freedom commonly through negotiations and or armed conflict
• British official recognize India's independence after WWII due to not being able to afford to keep India under British rule.
• Even though the official process of India's independence was negotiated and peaceful, the establishment of India as a new state was fought with incredible violence.
• For those colonies in which a large population of European settlers had made their homes, they resisted decolonization and that resistance caused outbreaks of violence in the name of independence.
• In some cases colonial boundaries brought rival groups together and in other cases those boundaries split ethnic and religious groups apart.
• Muslim League


  pushed for their own state in India, led to the partition split into two states. One for Hindus (India), and one for Muslims (Pakistan)
• Kashmir

  Most were Muslim but the leader was Hindu. India and Pakistan fought for Kashmir for valuable natural resources