the 'winds of change' and decolonisation

Question 1

by 1951

Answer 1

Britain’s retreat from the empire had already begun

Question 2

1947

Answer 2

withdrawal from india

Question 3

during the 1950s what became harder to contain?

Answer 3

the pressures of colonial independence movements

Question 4

british forces found themselves fighting against national independence movements in ?

Answer 4

Malaya,Kenya and Cyprus

Question 5

in the early 1950s, what did Britain rulers believe?

Answer 5

they could manage the gradual transition from the empire to the new commonwealth + colonial resistance movements could be controlled

Question 6

1952

Answer 6

start of the mau mau rebellion

Question 7

The Mau Mau (in Kenya)rebellion

Answer 7

-leader of the revolt Jomo Kenyatta imprisoned by authorities, later emerged as president of an independent Kenya
-Mau Mau fighters accused of committing atrocities

Question 8

hat badly damaged Britain’s reputation?

Answer 8

revelations about brutal treatment of captives held at hola prison camp

Question 9

the difficult struggle to contain the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya demonstrated?

Answer 9

problems with Britain colonial policies

Question 10

1957

Answer 10

independence granted to Ghana

Question 11

1960

Answer 11

Macmillian’s ‘wind of change’ speech

Question 12

1960

Answer 12

independence granted to Nigeria and cyprus

Question 13

1961

Answer 13

south africa leaves the commonwealth

Question 14

1963

Answer 14

independence granted to kenya

Question 15

Macmillan’s ‘wind of change’ speech blowing through the whole African continent was a significant change of policy calling for?

Answer 15

decolonisation and recognition of independence movements

Question 16

what was Macmillan seeking to persuade these countries to accept?

Answer 16

majority rule

Question 17

south Africa preferred to follow?

Answer 17

minority white rule and voted in a referendum later that year to break all ties with Britain

Question 18

in retrospect the polciy of decolonisation was

Answer 18

extremely successful

Question 19

policy did not always go as planned but British decolonisation was completed more?

Answer 19

swiftly and with far less violence than was the case with other colonial powers such as Belgium and Portugal

Question 20

by 1964

Answer 20

the transition from empire to commonwealth seemed to represent a significant achievement