The struggle for Self-Determination through the years
The following list is designed to illustrate just how many countries have successfully thrown off imperialist self-interest. It is far from complete, indeed if you have anything to add or correct, by all means fire a message to me at
hamish@rmplc.co.uk.
All these countries have successfully gained their independence. Many from the English (British) Empire. Why should Scotland be different ? Could it be summed up in one word ..... oil ?
Freed from London's Control
- ???? - Scotland (Rise and be a Nation Again)
- 1776 - America
- 1867 - Canada
- 1881 - Transvaal
- 1900 - Australia
- 1907 - New Zealand
- 1910 - South Africa (within Commonwealth)
- 1921 - Birth of The Irish Free State
- 1948 - Burma, Malaysia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
- 1950 - India
- 1953 - Egypt
- 1956 - Sudan, Pakistan
- 1957 - Ghana
- 1958 - Iraq
- 1960 - Togo, Cyprus, Nigeria,
- 1961 - South Africa (out of Commonwealth), Tanganyika, Sth Cameroons
- 1962 - Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen, Uganda
- 1963 - Kenya, Malawi, Zanzibar
- 1964 - Tanzania, Malta, Zambia
- 1965 - Gambia, Singapore, Southern Rhodesia
- 1966 - Botswana, Barbados
- 1967 - Aden (South Yemen)
- 1968 - Mauritius, Swaziland
- 1970 - Tonga
- 1974 - Grenada
- 1976 - Seychelles
- 1978 - Solomon Islands, Ellice Islands (Tuvalu), Dominica
- 1979 - St Lucia, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)
- 1980 - New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Zimbabwe
- 1981 - Belize
- ???? - Scotland (Rise and be a Nation Again)
Other Nations Re-emerge
- 1905 - Norway (cedes from Sweden)
- 1917 - Finland (from Russian rule)
- 1950 - Indonesia (from Dutch rule)
- 1957 - Tunisia (from French rule)
- 1958 - Guinea (France)
- 1960 - Rep. of Cameroon, Madagascar, Chad, Cent. African Rep.,
Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger, Upper Volta, Somali, Mauritania,
Congo (all from France), Belgian Congo
- 1961 - Sierra Leone
- 1962 - Algeria (France), Rwanda (Belgium), Burundi
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau (Portugal)
- 1975 - Angola, Cape Verde Islands, SaoTome, Principe (all Portugal)
Papua New Guinea
- 1981 - Djibouti (French Somaliland)
- 1991 - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
- 1992 - Czech Republic, Slovakia, (The Velvet Divorce)
- 199? - Tahiti ????
This list is far from complete, indeed if you wish to contribute a short detail on any of the above countries, fire me a message, and i'll try to include it.
hamish@rmplc.co.uk
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