QUESTION 1 1 points How was the overthrow of the European empires (process known also as decolonization) in 20th-century Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Pacific Oceania different from the end of the European empires in the Americas in the 16th/19th centuries? O A. It wasn't. In both cases, the same kind of independent countries emerged as a result of the overthrow of the European empires 8. The newly independent states in the Americas were democratic (like the US) while the newly independent states in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific Oceania were mostly communist as a result of the Cold War. c. While in the Americas revolutions led to the overthrow of the empires, in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Pacific Oceania all newly independent states ended colonialism peacefully. Europeans simply left because they could no longer defend their Imperial control D. In the Americas many of the colonized people were themselves of European origin so they shared much of their culture with their colonial rulers Many aspects of that culture continued after the former colonies became independent states. In contrast freedom struggles in Asia Africa the Caribbean, and Pacific Oceania affirmed the vitality of local cultures, which had been submerged and denigrated during the colonial era