> _< how were mandates territories treated by imperialist nations after world war i? they were slowly given more autonomy. they were held until they could stand alone. they became colonies of allied powers. they were treated like enemies and charged reparations.

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They became colonies of allied powers.

The mandate system was a compromise between the Allies’ desire to preserve the former German and Turkish colonies and their pre-Armistice declaration (1918) that annexation of any territory was not their intention in the conflict. After the downfall of Germany and Ottoman Turkey in World War I, their Asian and African territories were distributed among the triumphant Allied powers.