INR 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: War Communism, Marshall Plan, Decolonization
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Spain tried to conquer land, getting gold and silver, mining, manpower. Portugal focused more on trade with the exception of brazil. French and british were both fighting for north america and the french won so the british went to focus on africa instead. When they decolonized, french endured more violence and the british had a more peaceful process. The us didn"t become a formal colonial empire - it had looser connections with its colonies. Ambiguous in terms of colonialism, still projecting power in terms of trade, economics and alliances. What were the effects of colonialism in terms of inr? effects in terms of inr: Durand line - arbitrarily put a boundary there, when people on both sides of the border really identified together. (separated pakistan and afghanistan) After wwii there was weakness that could be exploited and us wanted to prevent that. Us wanted to help britain, france, and germany. An international peacekeeping organization created at the end of wwii.
