With the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry S. Truman assumed the Oval Office. He surely knew he faced a difficult set of challenges in the immediate future: overseeing the final defeats of Germany and Japan; managing the U.S. role in post-war international relations; supervising the American economy's transition from a war-time to a peace-time footing; and maintaining the unity of a fractious and powerful Democratic Party.
<span>The correct answer is that their processes were lengthy unlike many other colonies where a swift revolution ended it all. For example, Belize fought for its independence for over 20 years, and it ended with the UN asking for independence. Macau had 4 talks over 10 years regarding its transfer of sovereignty from the Portuguese government and it ended successfully. </span>