lesson 19

Question 1

Macmillan’s Winds of Change Speech

Answer 1

1. signaled the shift in British policy towards decolonization

2.before 1960 Britain’s aim of imperial policy was to defeat nationalist revolts and remain in control of Britain’s African colonies

3. Macmillan’s speech in Cape town to the south African government and Rhodesia

4.these countries had a white minority rule

5. Macmillan wanted these countries to accept majority rule before Britain left
6. South African held a referendum a year later and cut all ties with Britain in order to keep white minority.

Question 2

Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion

Answer 2

1. broke out in 1952
2. independence in Kenya was unthinkable - before the Suez crisis
3. violent nationalist uprising against British colonial rule
4. Jomo Kenyatta was the leader and imprisoned however later became the president of independent Kenya
5. Britain’s reputation badly damaged by revelations about Hola prison camp

Question 3

The impact of Suez on Britain’s Decolonization

Answer 3

1. Britain’s colonial polices problems were already showed through the difficulty in containing the Mau Mau Rebellion
2. after the Suez Crisis Britain’s policymakers started to reconsider decolonization’s pace
3. Ghana the first of Britain’s African colonies to gain independence in 1957
4. Nigeria and Cyprus in 1960

Question 4

which countries did Britain decolonize and when
(1951 - 1964)

Answer 4

Ghana - 1957
Nigeria - 1960
Cyprus - 1960
Tanganyika - 1961
Sierra Leone - 1961
Uganda - 1962
Kenya - 1963 - Mau Mau rebellion