I believe Martin Luther King was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Americans were upset over the Stamp Act because Great Britain imposed an internal tax on all paper documents in her colonies. If the Americans wanted anything printed, it had to be printed in the United Kingdom and there was a tax or levy imposed on the printed documents. The reason for the Stamp Act was that Great Britain was in debt after the Seven Years War, and she was looking to recoup her losses after the war. Needless to say, the Americans were very unhappy that they were being punished for the war.
Answer:
The interference of European nations
Explanation:
The ottoman empire collapsing after the first world War
The fifteenth amendment gave African Americans the right to vote. However they still couldn't because of poll taxes and literacy tests.