self-rule
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"The issue of self-rule is one of the major problems between the two sides."
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Greenlanders won their own parliament in 1979 and achieved self-rule within the Danish kingdom in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy in the name of self-rule.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
The PA exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
The state and municipal governments of Mexico were, consequently, always quite as incompetent for self-rule as the central authority.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Mayer, Brantz
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African History - Introductory
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