Apush Dbq Essay

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During this time, there was a great deal of tension between India and Great Britain. India was trying to gain independence from British rule causing many disputes between the two counties. As the Second War began Britain needed all the help it could get so it looked to India for aid. However, Nationalist leaders in India declared that they were unwilling to assist in the war without tangible changes in the governance of India. Indian nationalist leaders felt strongly that Britain was long overdue in fulfilling promises it made to India in the 1930s, including self-government and Dominion status. So, the Indian National Congress leaders agreed upon a joint statement in December 1941, that they would not support the war if their position remained as it was. This statement, which enraged the British government, set the stage for the events that were to follow. After the start of the Second World War the United Stated began its involvement in attempting to negotiate the disagreements between the British government and leaders of the Indian nationalist movements. However, Roosevelts administration was torn by the need to merge what was morally just and the demands of war. Roosevelt could …show more content…
Indians had a sense of bitterness towards the U.S. when they realized that America was not prepared to back up its supportive words with action, particularly if any actions involved political risk to the United States. An even greater aspect in this bitterness was U.S. support for British, Dutch, and French efforts to hold on to other colonies after the war. There is no evidence that Roosevelt’s statements of sympathy for colonial peoples were anything but genuine, but in policy terms Roosevelt was not prepared to jeopardize American peace for the sake of Indian