Chapter 22

I learned about the struggle that many countries within Africa had to go through to try to gain independence.  Empires started to fall after WWI and WWII which weakened Europe and discredited their thought of them being the most superior, opening a perfect door for them to be overthrown in colonies. Europeans began to alter relationships with colonies so they could still gain profit, but not have to deal with the headache of colonial governments. Europeans were able to successfully do this, using elections, writing constitutions and building railroads and ports.