What were the positive and negative effects of british colonial rule in india?

Analyze the maps from the previous section, then identify and discuss which two maps show the biggest move from colonialism to independence.

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo,sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

What was the historic border between the united states and mexico?