Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.

Whether the attainment of independence is different from revolution has long been contested, and has often been debated over the question of violence as legitimate means to achieving sovereignty.

[2] In general, revolutions aim only to redistribute power with or without an element of emancipation, such as in democratization within a state, which as such may remain unaltered.

Mongolia and Finland, for example, gained their independence during the revolutions occurring in China (1911) and Russia (1917) respectively.

Causes for a country or province wishing to seek independence are many, but most can be summed up as a feeling of inequality compared to the dominant power.

The Thirteen British Colonies on the east coast of North America issued a Declaration of Independence in 1776
Chile, one of several Spanish territories in South America , issued a Declaration of independence in 1818
Prince Pedro surrounded by a crowd in São Paulo after breaking the news of Brazil's independence on 7 September 1822.
The Finnish Senate of 1917, Prime Minister P. E. Svinhufvud in the head of table. The Senate declared Finland independent on 4 December 1917, and it was confirmed by parliament 6 December 1917 [ 1 ] which became the Independence Day of Finland .
photograph of crowd during pro-independence demonstration
Public proclamation of the Estonian Declaration of Independence in Pärnu , Estonia on 23 February 1918
Ismail Kemal at the first anniversary of the Assembly of Vlorë which proclaimed the independence of Albania (28 November 1912)