British empire independence dates Flashcards

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Afghanistan

A

1919

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Antigua and Barbuda

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1981

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Australia

A

1901/1931

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The Bahamas (Crown colony)

A

1973

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Bahrain (Protectorate)

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1971

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Barbados (CC)

A

1966

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Belize (British Honduras, CC)

A

1981

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Botswana (protectorate of Bechuanaland)

A

1966

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Brunei (protectorate)

A

1984

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Canada

A

1897/1931

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Cyprus (CC)

A

1960

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Dominica (CC)

A

1960

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Egypt

A

1922

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Fiji (CC)

A

1970

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The Gambia (Colony and Protectorate)

A

1965

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Ghana (Gold Coast)(Colony and protectorates)

A

1957

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Grenada (CC)

A

1974

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Guyana

A

1966

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India

A

1947

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Ireland

A

1922

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Iraq

A

1932

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Jamaica

A

1962

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Jordan

A

1946

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Kenya

A

1963

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Kiribati

A

1979

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Kuwait

A

1961

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Lesotho (British Crown Colony of Basutoland)

A

1966

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Libya (Control was split between France and Britain, with France administering the province Fezzan while the British administered the provinces of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania)

A

1951

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Malawi

A

1964

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Malaysia (Malaya)

A

1957

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Maldives

A

1965

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Malta

A

1964

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Mauritius

A

1968

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Myanmar (Burma, colony)

A

1948

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Nauru

A

1968

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New Zealand

A

British Crown colony in 1841
Dominion of New Zealand on 26 September 1907
Full independence was granted with the Statute of Westminster in 1931

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Nigeria (Colony and Protectorate)

A

1960

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Pakistan (British India)

A

1947

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Qatar

A

1971

40
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Saint Lucia

A

1979

41
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Saint Kitts and Nevis

A

1983

42
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A

1979

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Seychelles

A

1979

44
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Sierra Leone (Crown Colony and Protectorate)

A

1961

45
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Solomon Islands

A

1978

46
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South Africa (Dominion since 1910)

A

1961

47
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Palestine

A

1948

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Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (Crown colony)

A

1948

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Sudan

A

1956

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Swaziland (Protectorate)

A

1968

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Tanzania (Tanganyika)(League of nations mandate)

A

1961

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Tonga

A

1970

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Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)

A

1962

54
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Tuvalu

A

1978

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Uganda (Uganda Protectorate)

A

1962

56
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United Arab Emirates (Trucial States - British Protectorate)

A

1971

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United States

A

1776

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Vanuatu

A

1980

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Yemen (Aden Protectorate)

A

1967

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Zambia (Protectorate - Northern Rhodesia)

A

1964

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Zimbabwe (Protectorate - Southern Rhodesia)

A

1980

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Singapore

A

1963