independence movements
Autonomy-seeking campaigns
Independence movements are organized efforts by a group—usually defined by nationality, ethnicity, or territory—to achieve political separation from a larger governing power.
These movements range from peaceful campaigns to armed struggles: The independence movement gained momentum after the war.
The term typically describes collective action toward self-determination, whether seeking full sovereignty or significant autonomy.
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- national liberationFreedom from foreign domination
- Haitian RevolutionSuccessful slave rebellion, 1790s
Mahatma Gandhi · freedom fighters · Simón Bolívar · pan-Africanism · Ho Chi Minh · anti-imperialism · mother tongue · Nelson Mandela · free at last · American Revolution · patriots · nationalism · homeland · Decolonization · autonomy · uprising · rallies · struggle
- Independence Movementsliberation struggles, liberation war, colonial resistance, Haitian Revolution, Mau Mau Uprising
- Pacific HistoryPolynesia, Pacific Islands, Melanesia, Micronesia, Fiji
- 20th CenturyWorld War I aftermath, Cuban Missile Crisis, atomic bomb, New Deal, Nazi Germany
- Americas HistoryAmerican Revolution, Aztec Empire, colonial era, colonization, Columbus
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- social movementswomen's liberation, abolition, feminism, disability rights, LGBT rights
independence movementscolonial rule
Foreign power's territorial dominion
colonialism · imperialism · colonial administration · annexation · foreign domination
independence movementscolonial government
Administration by foreign power
crown colonies · viceroyalties · foreign rule · settler colonialism