First World War DBQ

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The First World War caused a continental shift that aroused a yearning for independence and freedom from the colonized individuals affected by this war. In Document 1, it states “But now we find that the poor African has already been plunged into the great war. The masses of our people are ready to put on uniforms, ignorant of what they have to face or why they have to face it.” This clearly shows the start of a careless pursuit of the Europeans to their colonized peoples to bring these innocent nations to war. In doing so, this fueled the need for independence, which was already in turmoil long before the war. In Document 4, it states “I am sorry to write this, which is not a hundredth part of what is in mind, but this increasing hatred and