East India Company (EIC)
1858 or 1859 - EIC was dissolved in 1858 and direct governance began, but the rebellion lasted until 1859
Indian National Congress
The Declaration of Independence reflected the idea of popular sovereignty because it held that people should be able to overthrow and replace their government when the government becomes tyrannical.
It led to many things, such as a national highway system and easier transportation.<span />
a: communist countries
During Cold War, it started right after the WW2 ended and finished in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States and the Sovietic Union were fighting over political ideology dividing the world in two: capitalist and communist blocs.
Both great powers did not get to have direct armed conflicts, instead there were indirect hostilities in third countries territories. These conflicts were sponsored by the US or the Sovietic Union: for example in the Missile Cuban Crisis, 1962, the American air force base were in the south of the island and the Sovietic missile bases were place in La Habana, the north of the island.
During the Vietnam war, the American bases were in south Vietnam and the Sovietic bases were in north Vietnam.
