It calls for a self-governing nation that delegates certain powers to the United States under treaties, like defense and national security.

And they can now focus with confidence on the task of creating a hopeful and self-governing nation.

On Oct. 1, 1994, it became a self-governing nation for the first time in more than a hundred years.

In 1893, New Zealand was the first self-governing nation to grant universal suffrage; however, women were not eligible to stand for parliament until 1919.

East Timor has been peaceful since then, first under a United Nations administration and then as a self-governing nation.

People fought and died so that we could be an independent self-governing democratic nation that was able to hire and fire its leaders.

Canada became a self-governing nation in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown.

In 1893, the British colony of New Zealand became the first self-governing nation to extend the right to vote to all adult women.