The story of European empire and its fall, is, in many ways, the story of nationalism. European empire was driven, in large part, by nationalist
sentiment in the “Home Country” – frequently based on European conceptions of superiority to peoples in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Nationalism
also played a key role in the development of anti-imperial movements within overseas colonies and claimed a central role in independence
movements prior to and after the Second World War. In a three to five page essay, examine the impact of nationalism, addressing both the
justification for empire as well as the arguments for independence in two of the following colonies
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