Decolonization — Social Studies definition
Change away from colonial authority through particular political and institutional processes.
Where it is taught
- Decolonization: Sovereignty, Movements & New Institutions — Genocide, Postwar Institutions & Cold War, Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century, Grade 10
In use
Decolonization changed relationships of imperial authority through negotiation, organizing, protest, war, and international pressure.
Decolonization: Sovereignty, Movements & New Institutions