Unit 13: Paper 2 — Independence Movements (1800–2000)
Topic 13.1: Origins and rise of independence movements Questions
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In which year did British troops fire on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh (the Amritsar massacre)?
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Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808 helped independence movements in Spanish America because it did what?
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In colonial Spanish America, which group was wealthy and American-born but blocked from the highest offices?
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The Muslim League was founded in 1906 mainly to do what?
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At the 1929 Lahore session, under Nehru's presidency, Congress adopted which goal?
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Which leader made the daring 1817 crossing of the Andes to free Chile?
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Which Enlightenment idea holds that the people, not a king or empire, are the true source of political power?
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In Simón Bolívar's Jamaica Letter of 1815, what did he argue about Spanish Americans?
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Evaluate the role of religion in the growth of independence movements.
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Examine the part played by economic grievances such as trade restrictions and taxation in the growth of independence movements.
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Compare and contrast the leadership of Gandhi and Nehru in the rise of the Indian independence movement.
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Examine the ideological factors that contributed to the growth of independence movements.
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Compare and contrast the factors behind the growth of independence movements in two countries, each chosen from a different region.
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To what extent did leaders succeed in widening support for independence movements beyond the elite?
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Examine the economic grievances produced by colonial rule that gave rise to independence movements.
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Evaluate the view that political exclusion was the most important grievance produced by colonial rule.
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Discuss the ways in which the methods of colonial rule shaped the grievances that colonised peoples developed.
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To what extent were cultural grievances responsible for the rise of independence movements?
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Compare and contrast the grievances that arose under colonial rule in two colonial territories, each from a different region.
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Analyse the reasons why settler colonies produced deeper grievances than administrative colonies.
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