sentence: Countries can also get their independence peacefully, like Canada and Norway did.
sentences_before: A country gets its independence when it is no longer part of another country. Sometimes countries get their independence in a war, as when the United States left the British Empire in the American War of Independence.
sentences_after: Help from another country may be needed to get independence, like in World War II, when the allies freed many countries that had been controlled by the Axis powers and, temporarily, vice versa. Attempts to gain independence may be unsuccessful and may lead to civil war.
concept_name: country
headings: Independence
categories: Politics Nationalism