Prior to Papua New Guinea's independence in 1975, it was administered by Australia.
Papua New Guinea
The Boston Massacre has come to be a representation of the oppression that the British subjected the American Colonies to prior to their independence.
The last country in the Americas to gain independence was Suriname, which achieved independence from the Netherlands on November 25, 1975. This marked the end of colonial rule and the establishment of Suriname as a sovereign nation. Prior to Suriname, other territories in the region had already gained independence throughout the 20th century.
North Korea has consistently had the same communist government since independence in 1948. Prior to independence, North Korea had never had a communist government before.
Greece had won its independence from Turkey about 30 years prior to the American Civil War & would have had little (if any) involvement with it.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea was admnistered by Australia between World War I and 1975. Prior to World War I, the northern half was under German control and the southern half was under control of Great Britain.
A variety of local languages were spoken in Guinea prior to the advent of European colonization.
To stop it from drying out
Yes, before independence, it was Northern Rhodesia.
Nigeria.
Yes.
The United Kingdom
Hard one to answer, according to their oral histories they arrived on the coast of Papua New Guinea on Collingwood Bay, conquering the previous inhabitants in the late 19th century and were in the midst of expanding their territory when European colonial government showed up. Where they came from prior to that? I don't know.
India.
Prior to 1907 (?), New Zealand was a Colony and administered from UK. Then NZ became a self-governing Dominion, but de facto (effectively), it became an distinct country when it started signing International Agreements in its own right. Its formal independence was declared in 1947 (?).