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Ahh, but why do people want independence?
1. Nationalism.
2. Personal power.

Face it, the colonials were not oppressed by the brits. It's kinda like how Norway became independent. We weren't oppressed or anything by the swedes, but all the same, people wanted their own country. Bloody fools...

Now, fighting Germany, that was a fight for freedom.