THE DECOLONIZING PROCESS

THE DECOLONIZING PROCESS

1. HAS AS ANTECEDENT

   • THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE BRITISH
   • HISPANO-POTUGUESE POSSESIONS OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT DURING THE 18 CENTURY

2. THE DECOLONIZATION BEGAN FROM 1945 IN SEVERAL PLACES:

   • ASIA ESTERN
   • ARAB WORLD
   • BLACK AFRICA

3. THE PROCESS OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE COLONIAL TERRITORIES , HAD SEVERAL PHASES:

   • PERIOD BETWWEN WARS (1919-1945)
     • IRAQ , JORDAN , SYRIA AND LEBANON
       • REACHED THEIR INDEPENDENCE , UNDER THE MANDATE OF FRENCH-BRITISH TUTELAGE
   • PERIOD OF 1945-1955
     • INDIA , PAKISTAN , CEYLON , BURMA , MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA
       • WERE PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENT
   • PERIOD OF 1955-1975
     • WERE COLONIZED
       • NORTH AFRICA
       • BLACK AFRICA

4. THE DECOLONIZING PROCESS DID NOT OCCUR IN THE SAME WAY IN ALL TERRITORIES

   • THE UNITED KINGDOM FAVOURED THE PEACEFUL WAY
     • IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD TRADE AND MONETARY TIES WITH ITS FORMER COLONIES
   • THE REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE
     • WAS THE VIOLENCE AND THE ARMED CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND METROPOLIS
     • THE NETHERLANDS AN PORTUGAL PERSONIFIED ROUTE IN:
       • INDONESIA, ANGOLA , MOZAMBIQUE
       • FRANCE FOLLOWED A MIXED MODEL
         • IT OPOSSED TH INDEPENDENCE OF INDO-CHINA AND ALGERIA