India+Part+2

__**Nationalism and Decolonization**__ **- A second global conflict between the industrial powers proved fatal to the already badly batered European colonial empires. From the Philippines to west Africa, independence was won in most of the nonsettler colonies with surprisingly little bloodshed and remarkable speed; the opposite was true in colonies with large settler communities, where liberation struggles were usually violent and prolonged.** What is an Identity? Identity is how one views oneself. Certain characteristics that separate you from other individuals.
 * __The Nationalist Assault on the European Colonial Order__ - Four long years of intra-European slaughter severely disrupted the systems of colonial domination that had been expanded and refined in the century leading up to World War I. The conflict also gave great impetus to the forces of resistance that had begun to well up in the decades before war.**
 * Establishment of the National Congress party, challenged British power. **
 * Famine and poverty would put the stage for social revolts. **
 * The Europeans now were vulnerable and they were able to take power for a little bit.
 * **National Congress party** led the Indians to independence and governed through most of the early decades of the postcolonial era. From Western educated Indians.
 * __The British rule created many social and economic problems for the Indians__
 * **B.G. Tilak** believed that the divisions in religion were not a problem. ** ﻿Was a radical political figure. **
 * Gandhi labeled his efforts as satyagraha, which was the civil disobedience. **
 * **Morley-Minto reforms-** expanded opportunities both to vote and servve local and all-Indian legislatvie Councils
 * **Mohandas Gandhi** emerged as the leader of localized protest.
 * Muslims were not subjected as bad as the Hindus. **

How are our identities formed? We form our identities by the decisions and actions that we make. These are the tangible things that we use to define ourselves.

How does our identity influence the way we see ourselves and others? What we view ourselves as determines whether we will like other people or not as we look for people that believe they have the same identity as yourself.

What is conformity? Conformity is adjusting one's self identity whether drastically or minimally, to abide by certain customs of a culture and or people.

How does a society decide who belongs and who does not? Society decides who stays and who doesn't by whether the person conforms to their idea of a ideal person.

How do our attitudes and beliefs influence our thinking? Our attitudes and beliefs often affect us to see things in one dimension instead of multiple dimensions.

What does it mean to belong to a group? To belong to a group means that as long as you demonstrate loyalty to the people in the group that the group will protect you.

How is membership defined and by whom is membership defined? Membership is decided by the purpose of the group and the membership is decided by leaders and mem﻿ bers of the group.

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