independence movement
Self-governance crusade
An independence movement is a political effort by a group seeking self-governance or separation from a larger state.
Such movements may pursue their goals through peaceful activism, electoral politics, or armed struggle.
The independence movement in India was led by Gandhi.
Quebec's independence movement has waxed and waned over decades.
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- Haitian RevolutionSuccessful slave rebellion, 1790s
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
autonomy · Simón Bolívar · liberation struggle · freedom fighters · national liberation · colonial resistance · armed resistance · Che Guevara · Mahatma Gandhi · breaking chains · nationalism · national identity · Nelson Mandela · free at last · George Washington · founding fathers · American Revolution · manifesto
- 1848 HungaryHungarian Revolution, March 15, freedom fight, national uprising, freedom fighters
- Bengal HistoryBengal Renaissance, colonial rule, Calcutta, Kolkata, Dhaka
- Borneo historyBrunei, headhunting, longhouses, British rule, colonial era
- Colonial BrazilBrazil, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo
- Korean Independence
- West African Historycolonial era, colonial rule, French colonialism, French colonization, military coups
independence movementcolonial administration
Governance of conquered territories
colonialism · imperialism · colonial rule · imperial rule · annexation
independence movementcounterinsurgency
Combating armed rebellion tactics
establishment · loyalism · unionism · status quo · pacification
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