Other independence movements

Declarations of Rights by Nations

• The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America (1776)
• The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
• Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada (1838)
• Métis Bill of Rights (1869)
• Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)

Union Acts in British History

• 1536: A series of laws passed by the English Parliament between 1536 and 1543 unite England with Wales. The laws clearly abolished the Welsh language.
• 1707: Scotland is annexed to England through the Act of Union.
• 1800: Great Britain suppresses the Irish parliament with the Union Act on the 7th of June, 1800.
• 1841: The Act of Union unites the colonies of Lower Canada (Québec) and Upper Canada (Ontario). The Canadiens become a national minority in the new United Canada by the 1850s.

Chronology of the national liberations in the Americas

• 1783: The 13 colonies of British America (the 14th one is Acadia, the 15th is Quebec)
• 1804: Haiti
• 1813: Paraguay
• 1816: Argentina
• 1818: Chile
• 1821: Mexico and Costa Rica
• 1822: Brazil
• 1824: Perou
• 1824: St-Domingue and Bolivia separate from Perou
• 1828: Uruguay separates from Brazil
• 1830: Columbia, Equator, Venezuela (also Greece and Belgium in Europe the same year)

Just a few other cases...

• Counties Gaining Independence Since 1943
• eLandNet: Directory of unrepresented nations, indigenous peoples and national minorities
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation *
• Separatist and Independence Movements
• Movements for National, Ethnic Liberation or Regional Autonomy

• = Québec is not a member of this organisation.

Scotland (UK)

• Electric Scotland
• Scottish National Party
• Free Scotland
• Young Scots for Independence
• The Scottish Politics Pages
• Scottish Documents
• Independence: Scotland as a Viable Nation State
• Labour Party defeat could accelerate drive for Scottish independence (1998)

Ireland

• Ireland.org
• Act of Union Website
• 1800 Union Act Text
• Quebec-Irish history inspires graduate students

Wales (UK)

• Wales History
• Act of Union
• Welsh Political Parties

Brittany (France)

• Independence of Brittany
• What political status for Brittany
• FAQ on Brittany
• Introduction to the Region of Brittany

Corsica (France)

• Corsica Nazione
• Corsica at wikipedia.org
• Corsica History
• A Brief Chronology of Corsica

Basque Country (Spain & France)

• Basque Government
• Center for Basque studies, University of Nevada
• Euskal Herria : The Basque Country
• Foreign Writers Quotes on the Basques

Island of Jersey

• The Société Jersiaise

Catalonia

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