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- Question: What British colony achieved independence following the Easter Rising of 1916?
- Answer: Ireland, an English colony, gained its independence in 1922, six years after the Easter Rising in Dublin.
- Question: When did Canada become a fully independent nation?
- Answer: In 1982 the British Parliament replaced the British North America Act with a new Canadian constitution. The act gave Canada total control over its constitution and full independence.
- Question: When did Texas gain its independence from Mexico?
- Answer: After a successful war of independence against Mexico, Texans raised the Lone Star flag over their own republic in 1836.
- Question: In what year did the United States declare independence from Great Britain?
- Answer: The Continental Congress of the United States declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.
- Question: In what century did India achieve its independence from Great Britain?
- Answer: India achieved independence in 1947, in the middle of the 20th century.
- Question: When did Bangladesh become independent?
- Answer: Bangladesh became an independent republic in 1971. It lies to the east of India, on the northern edge of the Bay of Bengal.
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William Bauly—William Schaus/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZC4-12419)