Answer:
There were a number of factors involved.
Explanation:
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Growth of nationalism throughout Asia and opposition to European colonialism and imperialism.
Development of an educated nationalist elite who could analyze the need for independence.
The impact of the Japanese defeat of European powers throughout Asia during WW2.
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Free slaves as union forces won back territory, abolish slavery, and the war was being fought against slavery, so Europe gave no support to the South.
One of the Greeks main influences on Roman Culture was the concept of democracy. This was first established in the Classical Period of Greece (its Golden Age).