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DECLINE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1920- ...), 1926: first GENERAL STRIKE,…
DECLINE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1920- ...)
End of WWI:
Financial and industrial problems
Unemployement
Lower wages
1918: Women over 30 gained the right to vote
1929: GREAT DEPRESSION
Started in America, it spreads across the word
Rise in prices + unemployement
Social reforms
Britan couldn't control its Empire anymore
1931: Statute of Westminister
Canada, Australia, New Zeland and South Africa were allowed to govern themselves
After the WWII:
Britain had become the third word power
Many british colonies demanded indeoendence
Birth of the
COMMONWEALTH
56 indipendent countries
Voluntary membership
King Charles III
is head of the Commonwealth
Holds Head of Government meetings every 2 years
Shared values:
human rights, international peace, equality
Support
1926: first
GENERAL STRIKE
Wall Street Crash
Rising of
nationalist movements