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Explain how the Atlantic Charter led to the call for independence by African nations after World War II.

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The Atlantic Charter led to the call for independence by African nations after World War II in that it established the vision that the United States and Great Britain had for the world after World War II.

On August 14, 1941, the United States and Great Britain issued a joint declaration known as the Atlantic Charter Declaration. The United States had not entered the war when Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Placentia Bay. They agreed not to take territorial advantage of the result of World War II and demonstrated that the United States and England unity in seeking to restore peace and self-determinism in Europe.

The allied forces signed the Atlantic charter in January 1942 and was an important moment to start decolonization or independence movements in places such as Africa, India, and Asia.

It also served as an important antecedent to the foundation of the United Nations.

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