One factor that must be argued to have contributed to the collapse of the European Empires was a new sense of nationalism in colonised territories. ... The nationalist power that was strong in Indochina meant any French return was an inevitable conflict.3 Considering that Indochina was already a land of two different cultures, it is no surprise that nationalism was on the rise, having been already indigenous peoples living there with their own traditions and always having a sense of pride of their heritage. ... According to Macmillan, there was a common belief that the British had lost the wil...

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In Sheldon v Ramsay in 1852 an Ontario Court held that the Six Nations Indians had no legal rights to their reserve lands, because the common law could not be "part savage and part civilized." In 1921 in Sero v Gault, an Ontario Court quoted the Attorney-General as saying that treaties with the Mohawk made as much sense as treaties "with the Jews in Duke street." ... The idea of Indians going to court to gain recognition of aboriginal and treaty rights obviously made no sense. ...

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