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Regional, Religious and Ethnic Movements Challenge Colonial Rule

Regional, Religious and Ethnic Movements Challenge Colonial Rule. By Steffi Bauer and Robin Villanueva. Overview. Not all resistance was violent Used local movements to resist some policies or practices Many colonies had a substantial amount of white settlement or race mixture

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Regional, Religious and Ethnic Movements Challenge Colonial Rule

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  1. Regional, Religious and Ethnic Movements Challenge Colonial Rule By Steffi Bauer and Robin Villanueva

  2. Overview • Not all resistance was violent • Used local movements to resist some policies or practices • Many colonies had a substantial amount of white settlement or race mixture • Most were created by minorities • Created nationalism

  3. Reasons for Movements • to establish their identities • to defend their rights and privileges • to present their grievances • to ensure their survival

  4. Ethnic Movements • Majority of societies today are multiethnic or multicultural • Most have minority groups who don’t have full rights • Ethnic tensions and movements have become a major source of violent and non-violent conflicts • 75% of on-going conflicts are ethnic based

  5. Muhammad Ali Jinnah • First governor of Pakistan • First time non-violent acts worked to gain freedom • Used Muslim religion to gain power • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syjim9cmqWg

  6. Quebecois Separatist Movement

  7. Quebecois Separatist Movement • Quebec • French-speaking province of Canada • Catholic • Anglophones formed a minority in Quebec • Quiet Revolution • Wanted to form new system of government • Failed many times • Wanted Independence from Canada altogether

  8. Biafra Secessionist Movement

  9. Biafra Secessionist Movement

  10. Biafra Secessionist Movement • Wanted freedom from Nigeria • Had civil war with Nigeria • Some countries saw Biafra as independent • France would send them materials • United Kingdom and Soviet Union supplied Nigeria with arms • Mortality ranged from 500,000- several million dead

  11. Work Cited • http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-resistance.html • http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Colonialism.aspx • http://www.scribd.com/doc/72465841/Unit-18-Ethnic-Movements • Pictures: • http://www.lawaonline.com/blog/quaideazam-muhammad-ali-jinnah/ • http://messageboard.biafranigeriaworld.com/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/1/t/001421.html • http://www.myspace.com/rememberbiafra • http://mackaycartoons.blogdrive.com/archive/264.html • http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2733643&mesg_id=2733643 • http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/13/scotlands-separatist-movement-gains-momentum-while-quebecs-stumbles/

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