Three
interconnected
____________________
produced
large
-
scale
decolonization
in
the
years
after
1945
:
opposition
developed
within
the
non
-
self
-
governing
____________________
to
the
continuation
of
colonial
____________________
;
some
colonial
powers
introduced
political
and
constitutional
____________________
that
aimed
eventually
to
transfer
____________________
;
also
power
-
political
changes
in
the
international
system
,
linked
especially
to
World
War
II
and
the
developing
____________________
____________________
,
compelled
disengagement
from
the
colonies
.
Organized
opposition
to
____________________
rule
,
often
referred
to
as
nationalist
movements
,
emerged
at
different
times
and
took
different
forms
.
Initially
,
political
pressure
for
self
-
government
or
independence
came
from
____________________
groups
.
Early
political
organizations
demanding
greater
self
-
government
or
____________________
were
given
a
____________________
by
World
War
II
.
A
war
fought
for
freedom
was
interpreted
by
many
educated
____________________
and
Africans
as
a
war
that
would
lead
to
independence
from
colonial
rule
.
As
colonialism
was
____________________
,
colonial
rulers
____________________
to
justify
their
roles
.
From
the
late
1930s
in
the
United
Kingdom
,
officials
saw
themselves
as
having
a
more
____________________
role
in
preparing
peoples
at
less
?
advanced
?
stages
of
development
for
self
-
government
.
In
the
post
-
1945
period
,
the
new
international
order
also
influenced
the
decolonization
____________________
.
The
weakening
of
all
the
____________________
powers
apart
from
the
United
States
also
made
it
more
difficult
for
colonialism
to
be
maintained
by
force
.
