How Did Nationalism Affect European Control in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East?

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World War I brought about enormous economic change to various parts of the world. Latin America was greatly affected in the aftermath of the World War economically. Latin America was not a heavily industrial economy. They were mainly a basic agricultural economy, with natural resource industries becoming much more important. Those natural resources were the mainly invested by the “Great Powers”, the US, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. The citizens became bitter at the increased foreign influence and the raping of their countries. For that, reason nationalism began to increase among all the Latin Americans in all regions. European powers continued to control most of the Middle East and Africa post World War I. Much of the colonies had assisted “the Allies” during the war. They did so with the hope to gain their independence. President Wilson of the United States endorsed the concept of self-determination the right of national group to set up independent nations. Independence did not happen for the colonies post World War I. Instead of lessening their grip, European powers tightened the noose. Nationalists prepared to fight for independence and organized political demonstrations. They were eager to established modern countries where their own cultures could flourish. India was a different type of dynamic when it comes to colonial rule. India was the crown jewel to Great Britain. Still nationalism was spreading. But it was split when it came wanting Independence. There were some prominent organizations in India; they were Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. India sent the most amounts of soldiers to fight in Africa and Middle East on British side. Great Britain promised in to support eventual self-rule for India. India ran into great many issues along religious lines and Britain encouraged the discord. They again began to make self-rule and long
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