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Decolonization

Decolonization is the ending of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. The meanings and applications of the term are disputed.

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Decolonization

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Decolonization

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related to Spanish America · 38
Decolonization → After, American, American War, Ayacucho, Battle, Bolivia, British, Buenos Aires, Cadiz, Cuba, During, Europe, Frenchman, In, In May, Junta, King Ferdinand VII, La Paz, Latin America, Liniers
related to United Nations NSGS list · 23
Decolonization → According, Advocates, Caribbean Regional Seminar, Colonialism, December, Eradication, February, Furthermore, General Assembly, In, John Quintero, May, On, Sahara, Secretary-General, Some, Spain, States Members, Territory, Third International Decade
related to External links · 18
Decolonization → Colonial Empires, First World War, First World War/Decolonisation, General Assembly, International Encyclopedia, International Law/Decolonization, Kitchen, Media, Non-Self-Governing, Resolution, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Trusteeship Agreements, Wikibooks Works, Wikimedia Commons Quotations, WikiquotePublic International Law/History, Wikisource Works, WikisourceJames, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Repatriation · 14
Decolonization → Australia, Canada, Canadian, Elaine Coburn, In, In Africa, Middle East, New Zealand, Repatriation, South America, The, United States, When, Yann Allard-Tremblay
related to By area · 12
Decolonization → Age, American Revolutionary War, Contemporary, Enlightenment, In, Indigenous, Institutional, Marxist, Other, Several, Some, Western
see also · 8
Decolonization → AmericasDecolonization, Anti-imperialismBlue, FrancophoniePostcolonialismRepatriation, History, Indigenous, Nations, RecaptureCreole, Repatriation
related to Scope · 7
Decolonization → According, David Strang, In, Indigenous, The United Nations, UN, UN General Assembly Resolution
related to Criticism · 5
Decolonization → According, As, Extending, Kevin Duong, Some
related to Ottoman Empire · 5
Decolonization → Ottoman Empire, Some, The, The Ottoman Empire, Yemen Eyalet
is a · 1
Decolonization → ending of colonialism

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Decolonizationis aending of colonialism0.90text
individualisminstance ofEnlightenment social and political theories0.80text
liberalism were central to the debates about national constitutions for newly independent countriesinstance ofEnlightenment social and political theories0.80text
Yemen Eyalet was contestedinstance ofThe integration of some provinces0.80text
Hawaiiinstance ofbut much interest in statehood0.80text
Alaska received in 1959.The Monroe Doctrine was expanded by the Roosevelt Corollary in 1904instance ofbut much interest in statehood0.80text
providing that the United States had a rightinstance ofbut much interest in statehood0.80text
obligation to interveneinstance ofbut much interest in statehood0.80text
Taiwaninstance ofJapan had gained several substantial colonial possessions in East Asia0.80text
public interactioninstance ofOther methods0.80text
and attempts to eradicate the use of Koreaninstance ofOther methods0.80text
Hokkieninstance ofOther methods0.80text

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