Section Four-Commonwealth Flashcards
Why did Britain’s view on the commonwealth change?
When India declared itself a republic and so led to a change in the rules for Commonwealth Membership in April 1949 as membership was broadened so as to allow a wider range of regimes to join- most importantly republics
How did the British commonwealth change due to the British monarch changing?
It became a ‘symbol of the free association of its independent member nations’ and was different to claiming the monarch enjoyed royal authority over each former colony
What did Britain like to think of the Commonwealth?
A family of ‘friendly’ nations around the world and served a purpose in allowing some continuation of British global power by means other than formal empire
What ultimately was the Commonwealth?
A body of ‘free and equal’ states with no legal obligation to one another but united by their history and their shared ‘British values of democracy and human rights
