Well, it's worth a try is supose.![]()
I haven't heard this. Elaborate?Second: I know that Surinam was basicly pushed into independence by the Netherlands. It could have easily remained Dutch, like the Dutch antilles still are.
I haven't heard this. Elaborate?
Hm. That's actually fascinating. My one question still remains: why were they forced into independance though? Dutch didn't want to pay for it? Hmmm...Speaking entirely from Wiki-knowledge, 1/3 of Suriname emigrated to the Netherlands because it was widely feared that Suriname would fall into anarchy without direct Dutch control. Clearly the average citizen was not pro-independence.
They were more or less forced into independence because at that time it wasn't considered moraly acceptable in the Netherlands to have colonies.Hm. That's actually fascinating. My one question still remains: why were they forced into independance though? Dutch didn't want to pay for it? Hmmm...
I guess I'll have to look it up myself.
Well, in that case, why'd they keep all those islands that wanted them (and needed them) a lot less than Suriname did? It's gotta be a money thing...They were more or less forced into independence because at that time it wasn't considered moraly acceptable in the Netherlands to have colonies.
Well, in that case, why'd they keep all those islands that wanted them (and needed them) a lot less than Suriname did? It's gotta be a money thing...
Well, in that case, why'd they keep all those islands that wanted them (and needed them) a lot less than Suriname did? It's gotta be a money thing...
Sovereign nations?Those Islands are vacation spots, where would the dutch go for cruises?
This makes considerably more sense. Not sense as in it was logical, just that I can beleive that was the actual thought process.(Everything Pompejus said)
The easiest way to have decolonization stop by 1960 might be to have it COMPLETED by then. Then it would have stopped by having come to an end.
Mind you, that would be tricky. I could imagine the US demanding the end of colonial empires in return for WWII aid...
What if colonies were federated to/with the colonizing country?