Ratliff Supranationalism and Devolution

British Empire- DEVOLUTION

Jul 4, 1776

type: economic
countries created: U.S
History/Explanation: didn't have enough money to maintain control and they wanted them as trading partners

Triple Alliance (pre-WWI)- SUPRANATIONALISM

Jan 1, 1882

Countries: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Type: political/military
Purpose: maintain peace with Europe

Central Powers (WWI)- SUPRANATIONALISM

Jan 1, 1914

countries: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
type: political/military
purpose: to take over Russia

League of Nations- SUPRANATIONALISM

Jan 1, 1919

countries: Costa Rica, Brazil, Germany, Soviet Union, Italy, Ethiopia
type: political/military
purpose: to prevent another world war

British Empire/Ireland- DEVOLUTION

Jan 1, 1937

type: cultural
countries created: Ireland
history/explanation: integral part of UK from 1800-1922, independence came in 1937 but Ireland remained a member of the British commonwealth until 1948

EU- SUPRANATIONALISM

Jan 1, 1958

Countries: UK, Ireland, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Portugal
Type: economic
Purpose: trying to become competitive with the U.S and China

PLO- SUPRANATIONALISM

Jan 1, 1964

countries: Israel, Egypt, Palestine
type: cultural
purpose: protect rights, put palestinians together

Germany after WWII- DEVOLUTION

Jan 1, 1989

type: political/miltary
countries created: Germany
purpose: the Berlin wall fell and Germans were able to cross the border

Czechoslovakia- DEVOLUTION

Jan 1, 1993

type: economic
countries created: Slovakia and Czechoslovakia
purpose: Czechoslovakia wanted to become independent because they had most of the natural resources and were more industrialized. Slovakia was highly influenced by the Soviets and was mainly communist.

British Empire/Scotland- DEVOLUTION

Sep 1, 1997

type: economic
countries: Scotland gained autonomy
purpose: Scotland didn't want to totally let go, because then they would be vulnerable, and the UK didn't want to completely lose them