MEP - Britain in the 20th Century Flashcards
Why did the British empire end?
-Britain loses money due to the world wars
-Australia, india and other colonies do not like the british
What did Ghandi do in March 1930?
He sent a letter to the British government in India explaining he would be campaigning to get India independance.
Why did the British lose their colonies?
Britain no longer had the strength or money to keep control of the colonies.
Why did Africans and Indians soldiers furthermore want independance?
They fighted in the war against the Nazi’s and thought it was hypocritical that they did yet not have freedom.
Why did Irish people come to Britain?
To escape poverty and hardship.
Why did people from the West Indies come to Britain?
Fill a Labour shortage in Britain.
Why did people from Europe and Poland come to Britain?
To flee the Nazi’s
Why did people from India come to Britain?
To escape violence between Muslims and Hindu’s.
Why did alot of people come to Britain from the Carribean?
-Jamaica had been devastated in 1944 by a hurricane
-Poverty and hardship on the Islands due to low sugar prices
-Labour Shortage in Britain
-British nationality Act, people in the commonwealth could enter Britain
Why was there an increase in migration to Britain to Britain after 2004 when Britain joined the EU?
Because of countries who were generally poorer in the eu already.
What was the result of the Falklands war?
Britain fended of the Invasion with a very succesful win?
What did the Falklands war mean for Maggie Thatcher?
More popularity due to winning the war and keeping the falklands.
