Empire, immigration and territories Cartes | Quizlet

Crown colonies

British authority sent by the Sovereign to govern

Protectorates

Local ruling but protected by the Empire

Mandated territories

Territories handed over to the Empire

Dominions

Independent but part of the Empire

1923

Annexation of Rhodesia

1980

Creation of Zimbabwe

1982 (victory)

Falkland war

Hong Kong

Ceded in 1842, transferred back to China in 1997

1962

Commonwealth Immigrants Act (skilled people only)

March 1968

Commonwealth Immigrants Act (British decent only)

1958

Notting Hill Race Riots

October 1968

2nd Race Relation Act (discrimination = unlawful)

1960

MacMillan's "wind of change" speech

1948-1991/4

Apartheid (institutionalised racial segregation)

Boer Wars

- 1880-1881

- 1899-1902

- Challenged Birtain and the Empire

1931

The Statute of Westminster (independence of dominions)

1994-1999

Nelson Mandela President

21 March 1960

Sharpeville Massacre (South Africa)

East and Central Africa

where there were the most european settlers

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