How did people hope their lives would change after independence? In what ways were their hopes realized or not realized? When they gained independence, did they gain freedom? How would you differentiate between independence and freedom?

Independence do not assure freedom to individual beings as ultimately they will be ruled by some or the other party or person

Explanation:

Independence is different from freedom in a way that Independence in general means freedom from foreign rule but after the eviction of foreign rule there will be rule of an inhouse party (in democratic country) or a ruler who is citizen of the nation and is not a foreigner (in a ruler based country).

Independence do not assure freedom to individual beings as ultimately they will be ruled by some or the other party.

d. the right to establish a one-house legislature

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