Has the majority ever seceded?
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This is not truly a secession, but you might want to look into the colonial examples:
- The 13 colonies
- India (secceded from UK)
- Algeria (secceded from France)
- Angola (secceded from Portugal)
In those examples, on the colonized territory, he majority was a local population who wanted to seccede from the minority coming from metropolitan territory.
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There are examples from the history of Ancient Rome. After a quarrel between patricians and plebeians, plebeians once succeeded, and moved from Rome to another place nearby (to the so-called Holy Mountain, 3000 steps from the city). I suppose they made a majority of the population. Since patricians could not live without plebeians, negotiations followed and patricians agreed to accept the conditions of plebeians.
Source: Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome, Book II (509-468 BC), sections 32-33.
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Bangladesh, which was formerly "East Pakistan," seceded from "Pakistan" in 1971. Although it was larger (at the time) in population than West Pakistan, the center of government and economic power was in the western part of the country.
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Yes. When Brazil became independent in 1822, its approximately 4M residents left Portugal's approximately 3M residents behind, effectively dissolving the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
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