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The Congo Independence started with the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
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A territorial foundation was established which led was led by the Land Act in 1913 and was later amended in 1936.
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The India Independence Movement started in 1922
- Indian National Congress
- Salt March
- Quit India
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Ghana begins the journey with the first legislative council elections taking place (1946). Ghana became independent with Kwame Nkrumah as the prime minister (1957).
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The Indian Independence movement was led by Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal which went against British rule in a nonviolent resistance movement. Indian independence was gained in 1947
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The South African apartheid was a racial segregation under the all-white government of South Africa to require the non-white Americans which was the majority f the population to live in separate areas, and have different facilities
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After the National Party won that year's elections they began to work on the apartheid. This was a social project of the national government based on a series of laws that made it legal.
- Sharpeville Massacre
Soweto Massacre
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The government required all African males over the age of 16 to carry a ¨reference book¨ which contained personal information and employment history.
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The protest began due to the humiliating laws and influenced the anti-apartheid struggle from the Defiance Campaign.
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The Mau Mau Rebellion was a rebellion in the British colony of Kenya that was fought from 1952 to 1960.
- Detention Camps
- London Conference 1962
- Kenya Africa Union
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Mau Mau was an attack by the European settlers and Kikuyu. This was a culminating attack on the village of Lari in March 1953.
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The Cuban Revolution was an overthrow of the government in Cuba. It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as the head of state.
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The Algerian War began due to the goal to restore a sovereign Algerian state.
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20,00 women held a march at the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act.
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Ghana gained independence from Britain on March 6, 1957. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led by Kwame Nkrumah who helped Ghana gain independence and made the country into a republic and he was president for life.
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The Bantustans created the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959, which led to the abolished indirect representation of the blacks in Pretoria and divided Africans into 10 groups based on ethics. Each one of the groups was assigned a ¨homeland¨.
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The Cuban Revolution was led by Fidel Castro. He leads the movement in a guerrilla war against Batista forces from the Sierra Maestra. -
A protest began at a police station in Sharpeville by burning passes which led to 69 protesters being massacred.
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A policy in the 1960s to 1970s that allowed the apartheid government to separate development.
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From 1960 to 1983 the government forcefully moved 3.5 million South Africans. This was considered in the mass removals of people in modern history.
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A nationalist movement in the Belgian Congo that was to end colonial rule. This movement paved the way for the country's independence on June 30, 1960
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The purpose of the war was to gain independence for the sovereign Algerian state. The war resulted in France the leaders of the FLN signing a peace agreement.
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The Cambodian Civil War was caused by Khmer Rouge wanting to replace Prince Sihanouk with a communist government.
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The Vietnamese communist helped Khmer Rouge to replace Prince Sihanouk with a communist government. It ended with the fall of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge.
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The Iranian Revolution started because of riots and protests which were demanding the removal of the Shah and the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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The Iranian Revolution was caused by the inability to satisfy the rising expectations of the Iranian people. This revolution was a series of events that went into the plan to overthrow the government.
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The laws pertaining to pass laws were repealed due to being expensive and ineffective. These passes led to more than 17 million arrests.
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Nelson Mandela became president after 3 1/2 centuries of colonialism and apartheid. He was the first South African democratically elected president. Mandela was 75 years old when he became president.