Portugal Grants Independence to Its African Colonies
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Economics, Geography
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Nationalism
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, African History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Portugal, Angola, Guinea, East Timor, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Date: 1974
Article abstract: Portugal grants independence to its African colonies, freeing itself from an economically disastrous series of wars and signaling the dissolution of one of the few remaining colonial empires.
Summary of Event
At the middle of the twentieth century, the small European country of Portugal still retained nine colonies in various parts of the world: some small settlements in India, the port of Macau opposite Hong Kong on the Chinese coast, parts of the island of Timor in the East Indies, and the African territories of the Cape Verde...
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