Europe Versus the World
Independence
Under Construction
[Video Introduction of Session]

Outline
Course Big Civilization
Session 7 Topics
Topic 1 The United States
Topic 2 Latin America
Topic 3 The British Commonwealth
Topic 4 India
Topic 5 Africa
Other Sessions
One| |Two| ||Three| |Four| |Five| |Six| |Seven| |Eight| |Nine| |Ten
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1776 | Philadelphia: United States Declares Independence |
| 1783 | Paris: Great Britain Recognized USA’s Independence |
| 1804 | Haiti: Gets Independence |
| 1812 | Canada: In the War They Choose Allegiance to Britain |
| 1816 | Argentina: Argentina Gets Independence |
| 1819 | Columbia: Columbia Gets Independence |
| 1821 | Mexico: Mexico Declares Independence |
| 1844 | Chile: Chile Gets Independence |
| 1845 | Venezuela: Venezuela Gets Independence |
| 1857 | India: Sepoy Mutiny Begins |
| 1858 | India: British Raj Established |
| 1867 | Canada: Confederation Formed |
| 1867 | Mexico: Defeats French Takeover Attempt |
| 1885 | Khartoum: Mahdi Defeats Gordon |
| 1898 | Fashoda, Sudan: British and French Agree to Divide Africa Between Them |
| 1899 | South Africa: Boer War Begins |
| 1900 | China: Boxer Rebellion |
| 1901 | Australia: Confederation Formed |
| 1905 | Manchuria: Russo-Japanese War |
| 1907 | New Zealand: Granted Dominion Status |
| 1916 | Arabia: Lawrence Encourages War Against Ottomans for Independence |
| 1920 | India: Ghandi Begins His Independence Movement |
| Year | Place: Event |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- The rest of the world reacted to Europe’s domination by colonization through subjugation. Colonies and subjugated nations established independence.
- The benefits to the world of Europe’s dominance has to be balanced against the detriments of it.
- Great Britain slowed independence movements by granting autonomy within an economic “Commonwealth”.
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