DECOL. REASONS (1945-1990)
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- DECOL. REASONS (1945-1990)
- ECONOMIC
- MALAYA (1963)
- Couldn't afford to stop nationalist clashes between communist guerrilla forces and Malayans.
- KENYA (1949)
- £10,000 a day to catch a Mau Mau suspect - Money GB did not have.
- SUEZ (1956)
- US threatened to remove econ. support unless GB troops were removed.
- INDIA (1947)
- GB couldn't afford the cost of stopping nationalist clashes between CONGRESS PARTY and MUSLIM LEAGUE.
- Less trade from India = Less of an asset.
- MALAYA (1963)
- NATIONAL-ISM / VIOLENCE
- INDIA (1947)
- Violence between CONGRESS PARTY and MUSLIM LEAGUE - Direct Action Day (16th Aug 1946)
- KENYA (1949)
- Mau Mau revolt - violence
- SUEZ (1956)
- Nasser nationalises the Suez canal in July 1956
- ZIMBABWE(1980)
- Black majority rule vs. White majority rule - Ian Smith vs. Robert Mugabe (CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE STARTED BY MUGABE.)
- BY 1980, OVER 20,000 PEOPLE HAD DIED
- Black majority rule vs. White majority rule - Ian Smith vs. Robert Mugabe (CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE STARTED BY MUGABE.)
- INDIA (1947)
- USSR INFLUENCE
- MALAYA (1963)
- Fought to keep Malaya from Communism - Malayan independent to stop this.
- SUEZ (1956)
- Nasser bought armaments from USSR
- MALAYA (1963)
- US INFLUENCE
- SUEZ (1956)
- UK required USA for economic support - USA threatened to stop econ. support when GB troops entered Suez.
- SUEZ (1956)
- MILITARY / TREATY
- HONG KONG
- Had to grant independen. as it was part of the 'TREATY OF NANKING' (1842)
- LEGAL REQUIREM.
- Had to grant independen. as it was part of the 'TREATY OF NANKING' (1842)
- HONG KONG
- 'WINDS OF CHANGE'
- It can be argued that the 'WINDS OF CHANGE' speech was simply a speech that acknowledge-d the spread of nationalism through Africa. (1960)
- Sudan: 1956 INDEPENDE-NT
- Ghana: 1957 INDEPENDE-NT
- British investments in non-colonial markets were more profitable than in colonial ones.
- It can be argued that the 'WINDS OF CHANGE' speech was simply a speech that acknowledge-d the spread of nationalism through Africa. (1960)
- EFFECT OF WW2
- Considered hypocritical to keep empire - as GB had punished Germany for doing the same.
- INDIA
- 'QUIT INDIA' Campaign = heightened Indian nationalism.
- EFFECT OF SUEZ
- Suez Crisis showed colonies that GB could be defeated with a small army (humiliation of GB encouraged decol.
- ECONOMIC
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