EEC

Question 1

How many times had Britain asked to join the eec by 1973

Answer 1

3

Question 2

How did heath feel about the 1971 EEC application

Answer 2

He was passionately pro European

Question 3

What factors helped Britains eec application in 1971

Answer 3

Heath and PM
Charles de Gaulle had died and the new president was convinced the EEC needed Britain as much as Britain needed them
All the negotiations were already done in 1962 by heaths team

Question 4

Who doubted the EEC in the conservatives

Answer 4

Conservatives who believed in the commonwealth
Conservatives who believed Britain was surrendering her sovereignty
Powell voted against the European bill at every stage as it went through parliament

Question 5

Who doubted the eec in labour

Answer 5

Labour officially opposed heaths plan however there were too many pro Europeans in the party
Wilson said that the terms weren’t good enough and promised a referendum and renegotiation

Question 6

How did the conservatives win the decisive commons vote

Answer 6

69 rebel labour mps voted in support and a further 20 abstained from voting

Question 7

When did labour return to government

Answer 7

1974

Question 8

How did Wilson aim to make party unity

Answer 8

He said the mps could vote however they want in the 1975 referendum

Question 9

Did the press support eec or not

Answer 9

Yes they did because the economic state of the county showed they need the eec

Question 10

In the 1975 survey how many company chairmen wanted to leave the eec

Answer 10

4/419

Question 11

What were the two reasons why people didn’t want to join the eec and who supported them

Answer 11

1 it’s not good for the workers (Barbara castle and Michael foot )
2 Britain would loose independence (Tony benn , Enoch Powell )

Question 12

What were the election results

Answer 12

68.3% yes
32.5% no

Question 13

reasons behind britian joining the EEC

Answer 13

no longer a world power ;
withdrawel east of suez 1967
use of americas polaris missiles instead of the blue streak that had been developed in 1964

economey;
oil crisis in 1967 caused dockers strikes which impacted the balance of payments
1967 devaluation of the pound by 14% to 2.40 USD
heaths governemnt made tax and public spending cuts in 1970 which caused stagflation
inflation was 12% in 1970

parliment ;
heath was pro european and had lead negociations in 1962
69 rebel labour mps helped to win the desisive commons vote
wilson let labour mps campagain was they wanted
france knew the eec needed britain as much as britain needed them