British empire independence dates Flashcards
(62 cards)
1
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Afghanistan
A
1919
2
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Antigua and Barbuda
A
1981
3
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Australia
A
1901/1931
4
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The Bahamas (Crown colony)
A
1973
5
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Bahrain (Protectorate)
A
1971
6
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Barbados (CC)
A
1966
7
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Belize (British Honduras, CC)
A
1981
8
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Botswana (protectorate of Bechuanaland)
A
1966
9
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Brunei (protectorate)
A
1984
10
Q
Canada
A
1897/1931
11
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Cyprus (CC)
A
1960
12
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Dominica (CC)
A
1960
13
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Egypt
A
1922
14
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Fiji (CC)
A
1970
15
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The Gambia (Colony and Protectorate)
A
1965
16
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Ghana (Gold Coast)(Colony and protectorates)
A
1957
17
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Grenada (CC)
A
1974
18
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Guyana
A
1966
19
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India
A
1947
20
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Ireland
A
1922
21
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Iraq
A
1932
22
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Jamaica
A
1962
23
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Jordan
A
1946
24
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Kenya
A
1963
25
Kiribati
1979
26
Kuwait
1961
27
Lesotho (British Crown Colony of Basutoland)
1966
28
Libya (Control was split between France and Britain, with France administering the province Fezzan while the British administered the provinces of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania)
1951
29
Malawi
1964
30
Malaysia (Malaya)
1957
31
Maldives
1965
32
Malta
1964
33
Mauritius
1968
34
Myanmar (Burma, colony)
1948
35
Nauru
1968
36
New Zealand
British Crown colony in 1841
Dominion of New Zealand on 26 September 1907
Full independence was granted with the Statute of Westminster in 1931
37
Nigeria (Colony and Protectorate)
1960
38
Pakistan (British India)
1947
39
Qatar
1971
40
Saint Lucia
1979
41
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1983
42
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1979
43
Seychelles
1979
44
Sierra Leone (Crown Colony and Protectorate)
1961
45
Solomon Islands
1978
46
South Africa (Dominion since 1910)
1961
47
Palestine
1948
48
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (Crown colony)
1948
49
Sudan
1956
50
Swaziland (Protectorate)
1968
51
Tanzania (Tanganyika)(League of nations mandate)
1961
52
Tonga
1970
53
Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)
1962
54
Tuvalu
1978
55
Uganda (Uganda Protectorate)
1962
56
United Arab Emirates (Trucial States - British Protectorate)
1971
57
United States
1776
58
Vanuatu
1980
59
Yemen (Aden Protectorate)
1967
60
Zambia (Protectorate - Northern Rhodesia)
1964
61
Zimbabwe (Protectorate - Southern Rhodesia)
1980
62
Singapore
1963
