Well they began considering it because they didn't want another armed revolt like the Americas did. So they peacefully let them leave. Also they let them leave so they could be allies and be valuable trading partners. Also they knew they had enough to deal with like the threat of the cold war bombing. Plus they didn't want India turning to Soviet communism influence. This a basic summary of why they peacefully seceded India and let them become their own country.
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Enlightenment changed people's ideas about government. People questioned: Are people born with special rights that must be respected?
Should citizens have more say in what their govt. does?
Does the people have the right to overthrow an unjust govt?
Explanation:
The Glorious Revolution ended the Dominion of New England in 1689
English Bill of Rights provided a model or representative govt.
Both ideas supported the idea that citizens have rights that the govt. must respect.
<u>Enlightenment ideas:</u>
Locke argued people are born with <u>natural rights</u>
Locke and Rousseau wrote that the govt. was based on <u>social contracts</u> with citizens.
Montesquieu supported <u>separation of powers</u> between different branches in a representative govt.
Voltaire argued for <u>religious tolerance</u> of all faiths.
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