This chapter touches bases upon why the colonial empires collapsed. Theories such as: racism, exploitation and poverty. Social and economic issues generated the human raw material for anti-colonial movements, and then there is simply because groups of people deliberately brought down the colonial system. Other topics such as India and the African community gaining independence from British control, were explained in detail. Leaders such as Gandhi and Mandela. were brought to the scene and how they are currently important to us today. The differences between the independence of India and South Africa are discussed, along with the ending of the South African apartheid.
There are times in history where I wonder why I must learn the same events every year, like the Holocaust, Civil War, Declaration of Independence, various activists,etc. I think the reason why we must learn about these things each year is to one, get a better understanding of them, two, to relate them back to modern days, and three, if we were to just learn about such events like the holocaust in 6th grade, you would only have the understanding of the Holocaust as a 6th grader. Relearning about independent events and leaders help a community grow, especially a troubled one. Looking back at all the trouble that people had to go through just to reach the amount of rights that we have today is insane.
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