Interwar Flashcards
1929 Act
The 1929 colonial development act
Why was 1929 colonial development act special / not special
Broke new ground by giving outright grants to projects in colonies
But very little only £1 million in three years and nearly all of it for communication and research, agricultural or industrial development had to be self funded in
Uganda between 1928-1938 … but…
Revenues fairly stable
But increase very slow managed to improve hospital facilities a little but so small: eg 1,300 hospital beds provided in 1938 but Ugandan population was 3 million
By 1938 what percent of Nigerianchildren went to school
And what percent of Kenyan children
Nigeria less than 5%
Kenya between 10% and 15%
A governor of Tanganyika said what abt interwar years
Described his colony as lying ‘in mothballs’ between the wars
Year of Ottawa conference
1932
Where else did Britain turn to from Empire
Scandinavia, specifically Denmark a competitor of Canada
And Argentina
Pact with Argentina
1933 si-called Roca-Runciman pact allowed Argentina, which sent 40% of its exports to Britain, to keep almost all of its pre-Ottawa share of British market for chilled beef
What did Ottawa conference mean
Imperial preference
Britain no longer profited by
Britain’s huege holdings in railways and shipping were now unprofitable
Ottawa conference meant that they could not deter even their closest trade partners from looking for new markets
For example Australia looked to Japan.
British economy became dependent on industry es like
Civil Aircraft
Oil, on a global scale the US ranked better
Balfour declaration year
1926
Balfour declaration declared
Defined dominion status of countries ‘autonomous communities within the British empire, equal in status’
Year of Statute if Westminster
1931
What did Statute of Westminster mean
Henceforth British parliament couldn’t legislate on behalf of a dominion
And dominions laws couldn’t be invalidated on grounds it didn’t go with English law
Which 2 countries pleased by Stature of Westminster
Irish free state
South Africa
What did Australian governor-general day about statute of Westminster
We’ve torn down a castle to build a row of villas
Why could Balfour not be a wreaking
Only applies to dominoes
Solidifies relationships that might have crumbled to a worse extent without compromise
Early 1920s what did dominions want and what did this culminate in
No longer to be bound by British foreign policy decision
Halibut fisheries treaty - Canadian gov allowed to negotiate their own international agreement
What happened with treaty of Lausanne
It was made 2 settle relations between turkey and allied powers but dominions weren’t invited to conference that decided it so VANADA AND IRISB FREE STATE declined to accept any binding responsibility to the agreement
Ottawa conference
Mutual tariff
Concessions
Who had previously brought up imperial preference as an idea
Joseph chamberlain 1906 no one liked it he lost elections
Why did Ottawa conference strengthen empire
It was a success for everyone
