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The American Colonies wanted to gain independence from Great Britain.
Wars
England
The process by which former colonies gain independence
In 1776, the American Colonies delcared their independence from Great Britain.
europe
The American Revolution
The thirteen colonies gained independence by defeating the British army in battle, culminating in the surrender of the British at Yorktown. Independence was only gained by declaring it, and fighting for it.
The colonies gained their independence by fighting revolutionary wars, therefore cutting the cord of dependence with the European crowns. Mainly, this was the thirteen colonies against the British Empire.
Great Britain... Great Britain had only just started establishing it's Empire in the 1820's. These colonies only started to gain their independence in the second half of the 20th century.
Ghana
Most African and Asian colonies gained independence from European colonial rule primarily in the mid-20th century, particularly between the 1940s and 1970s. India, for example, achieved independence from Britain in 1947, while many African nations began to gain independence in the 1950s and 1960s, with countries like Ghana leading the way in 1957. This period marked a significant wave of decolonization driven by nationalist movements and changing international attitudes towards colonialism.