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Most of the European nations were too exhausted and devastated at the end of World II to continue supporting their colonies. Also, the colonies realized that their colonizers were no longer able to protect them as they originally had.
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Mercantilist theories caused European nations to abandon their overseas colonies.
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The cause of the war involved European nations competing for control of colonies was boundary disputes.
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Mercantilism theories did not cause European nations to abandon their overseas colonies. Mercantilism, in fact, motivated colonial expansion and war.
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Many nations granted freedom to their colonies.
The colonies supplied European nations with wealth such as raw materials, natural resources, trade routes, and a market place for finished goods.