Why did some countries seek to hold on to their colonies? These countries wanted to show their support for the Atlantic Charter.
These countries didn't want to lose access to supplies of natural resources,
These countries had a new-found respect for human rights.
These countries needed help in repaying debts from World War II.

These countries didn't want to lose access to supplies of natural resources.

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If you were still in custody of the colony, why not just use it?

no statements but ok.

the statement that best describes the idea of manifest destiny that was used in the 19th century would be that "it was fate that the united states would continue to  expand westward," since people thought the us was "destined" to do so. 

for the united states of america, 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. it was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist united states and its allies politically opposed the soviet union and other communist countries; the cold war had begun.

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