Uhuru: British Finances Flashcards
1
Q
What showed the British lacked financial power?
A
Suez Crisis in 1957
2
Q
What was the impact of the 1957 Suez Crisis?
A
Showed Britain lacked financial power in defence of the empire
3
Q
What wars were really expensive?
A
Imperial wars
4
Q
What did MacMillan make in 1957?
A
Balance sheet of the empire which showed Kenyan State of emergency cost £55 million
5
Q
How much did the Kenyan state of Emergency cost?
A
£55 million
6
Q
What cost £55 million?
A
Kenyan State of Emergency
7
Q
When was the Balance sheets of the empire made?
A
1957
8
Q
What cost £10,000?
A
Cost to capture one Mau Mau fighter
9
Q
What was the cost to capture one Mau Mau fighter?
A
£10,000
