By: Peter Mollenhauer and John Mulligan

COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE THROUGH ARMED STRUGGLE

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VIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

• Violent struggles for independence most often resulted in civil war• Colonies wanted to be independently governed• The solution was either violent or peaceful revolutions• Examples: Haitian revolution: violent• Canadian revolution: nonviolent

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BENEFITS OF ARMED STRUGGLE

• Has the possibility to be much quicker• Can give the growing nation a chance to expand their borders and

armies• It gives the colony a chance to compare their strength to the rest

of the world• Shows that they are much more serious and committed about

achieving independence than non-violent movements• They are willing to die for freedom.

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DISADVANTAGES OF ARMED STRUGGLE

• Loss of human life• Could possibly destroy land or resources which may be needed when building

the nation up after achieving freedom• Revolts could be brutally crushed

• The revolutionists could be forced into slavery or other harsh punishments• Downfall of the nation or their government• War crimes committed• They could turn more countries into enemies than allies• Economic downfall

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VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE• French Indochina

• The first contact between them was in 1620• Alexander De Rhodes

• French occupied Indochina until 1945• Ho Chi Minh declared Democratic Republic of Vietnam to be independent(1945)

Do you see any similarities?

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VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE(CONT.)• Dien Bien Phu

• The downfall of French occupation of Indochina

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Algerian Struggle for Independence

• 1954-1962• The Algerian National Liberation Front led the fight for

independence.• NLF used bombings and guerrilla warfare to fight the French.• The French resorted to torture and brutal treatment to squash the

rebellion.• Created an uproar of people against such actions.

• Gained Independence on July 5, 1962.

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Algerian Independence (cont.)• The French committed many men to the cause, they hoped that they could stop this war

quickly.• The war dragged on and claimed mass numbers of lives.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZcuk2vV4ao

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Independence Movements Through Violence• Independence movements can be seen throughout the world

• The IRA (Irish Republican Army) fought for Irelands Independence.• The US fought the British for independence.• Mexico’s Independence from Spain

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The Use of Violence vs. Non-Violence• The use of non-violent Independence movements are looked to as an example for colonies

seeking Independence.• India’s independence movement was non-violent.• They were finally granted independence in 1947, after 27 years.

•With many countries fighting for Independence, most could not wait peacefully for they would be brutally crushed.

• As a result, some movements used violence to fight back against the abuse.

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Modern Day Armed Struggle for Independence• Libya- The people freed themselves from an oppressive dictator.

• Had help from allies, but fought back and gained control of Libya.

• Syria- The people are facing a crackdown on all protestors, some people are resorting to violence.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybRda6qK-w&feature=fvst

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WORK CITED• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=926• http://radhikaranjanmarxist.blogspot.com/2010/06/ho-chi-minh-contd-2.html• http://www.mekongexpress.com/laos/general/dbp_battlemap.htm• http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his312/lectures/algeria.htm

• http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~easokolo/algeria/1962.htm

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWvietnam.htm

• http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/15.htm

• http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/EdMoise/viet3.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France–Vietnam_relations

• http://theirishwar.com/history/irish-war-of-independence/

• http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/openingpage.htm

• http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-celebrations/mid.html

• http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/themes/indiagandhi.html

• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/world/africa/nato-sees-flaws-in-air-campaign-against-qaddafi.html?_r=1&ref=libya

• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybRda6qK-w&feature=fvst

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZcuk2vV4ao• http://uahsibhistory.wikispaces.com/Algerian+War+of+Independence

• http://webpages.shepherd.edu/IBEICH01/13%20Colonies%20Webquest.html

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Work Cited (cont.)• http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/09/libyan-rebels-mood-darkens• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi

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