Chapter 4 (1)

Question 1

Reactions to the loss of empire

Answer 1

Support from the youth
Relief as no longer £454 million in debt to the empire
Humiliation- ‘Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role’ Dean Acheson former US Secretary of State 1962
Indifference- In 1974 an opinion poll found that 75% of the British population did not know the difference between a dominion and a colony
Criticism from the Monday Club (est 1961) which was made of 10 Conservative MP’s which aimed to oppose Macmillans foreign policy

Question 2

When was Kenya decolonised

Answer 2

1963

Question 3

When was the winds of change speech

Answer 3

1960

Question 4

What was the first country to be decolonised

Answer 4

Libya in 1951

Question 5

South African Parliament

Answer 5

White minority government which ruled over the black majority
Was Apartheid when they withdrew from the British Commonwelarh in 1961