Decolonization+After+WWI

 Katie Sauer Describe the process of decolonization in Asia and Africa, and analyze the effect on the countries that once controlled these powers. **1. Asia** a. Philippines i. Still named Philippines ii. Was controlled by United States, now independent (granted) b. India i. Still named India

ii. Was controlled by Great Britain, granted independence c. Ceylon i. Renamed as Sri Lanka

ii. Was controlled by Great Britain, granted independence d. Burma i. Renamed to Myanmar

ii. Was controlled by Great Britain, granted independence e. Dutch East Indies i. Renamed to Indonesia

ii. Was controlled by Dutch, but the Dutch failed to reestablish control f. Laos i. Still named Laos

ii. Was controlled by France, but France granted independence after Vietnamese defeated g. Cambodia i. Still named Cambodia

ii. Was controlled by France, but France granted independence after Vietnamese defeated **2. Africa** a. Morocco i. Still named Morocco

ii. France could not maintain control, so they granted independence b. Tunisia i. Still named Tunisia

ii. France could not maintain control, so they granted independence c. Ghana i. Still named Ghana

ii. Proclaimed themselves independent d. Zaire i. Renamed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

ii. Was controlled by Belgium, freed by Belgians