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"1947 - Gold Coast
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""Under Andrew Cohen, the Gold Coast is named the most advanced African colony
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"1949 - ... founded
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""CCP founded by Nkrumah
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"1949 - ... founded in Nigeria
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""Nigerian People's Congress founded in Nigeria
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"1950 - ... imprisoned
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""Nkrumah imprisoned
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"1951 - CPP ... seats in legislative council
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""CCP had 2/3 of seats in legislative council - British recognised they needed to be negotiated with for a federal republic
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"1951 - ... freed
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""Nkrumah freed by Arden Clarke
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"1951 - ... constitution
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""Macpherson Constitution - Nigeria
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"1952 - ... becomes PM of Gold Coast
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""Nkrumah becomes PM of Gold Coast
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"1952: state of emergency
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""State of emergency declared in Kenya from the Mau Mau
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"1952 - ... imprisoned
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""Kenyatta imprisoned
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"1953 - ... formed
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""Central Africa Federation formed - included Southern Africa and NAC
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"1953 - ... riots and ...
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""Nyasaland riots and civil disobedience
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"1953 to 55 - ... bombs dropped
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""6 million bombs dropped
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"1954 - ... constitution revised
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""Nigerian constitution revised, however flawed and led to tensions regionally and ethnically
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"1956 - Obote part of ...
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""Obote part of Ugandan National Congress Party
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"1957 - ... independance
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""Gold Coast independance -&gt; Ghana
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"1957 - ... elections
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""Gold Coast elections on full adult sufferage
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"1957 - Obote's ... represents ...
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""Obote's legislative council represents his home district
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"1958 - ... becomes founding member of ...
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""Jamaica become's founding member of West Indies Federation
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"1959 - ... Federal Elections
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""Nigerian Federal Elections
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"1959 - ... state of emergency
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""Nyasaland state of emergency - 100 party officials and 200 others imprisoned, party suppressed
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"Oct 1960 - ... independance through new constitution
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""Nigerian independance through new constitution
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"1960 - ... against West Indies Federation
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""Jamaican Labour Party against West Indies Federation - cued referendum which agreed also
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"1960 - ... speech in Southern Africa
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""MacMillan's Wind of Change speech in Southern Africa
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"1961 - ... independance x2 + ... leaves Commonwealth
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""Sierra Leone independance<br>Tangerika independance<br>Southern Africa leaves Commonwealth
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"August 1962 - ... independance
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""Jamaican independance
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"1962 - independance with Obote as PM
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""Ugandan independance with Obote as PM (British appointed)
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"1963 - ... independance
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""Kenyan independance
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"1963 - ... dissolved
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""Central Africa Federation dissolved
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"1964 - ... independance x2
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""Northern Rhodesia independance<br>Nyasaland independance
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"1965 - ... independance x2
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""Gambian independance<br>Unilateral Declaration independance in Rhodesia - regarded Southern Rhodesia as an independant state
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"1947 - ... in Suez Canal Zone
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""10,000 British troops in Suez Canal Zone
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"1948 - ... independance
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""Palestine independance
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"1951 - ... renounced&nbsp;
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""Farouk renounced 1963 - Egyptian
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"1952 - ... overthrown
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""Farouk overthrown by Nasser
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"1953 - ... agreement
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""Egypt's agreement to make Sudan independant - induce gradually
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"1954 - British agreed...
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""British agreed phased withdrawal from Suez Canal, on terms of reoccupation during war&nbsp;
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"1955 - ... engineered by British but ...
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""Baghdad Pact engineered by British but Egypt strays out
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"July 1956 - ... nationalised Suez Canal
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""Nasser nationalised Suez Canal
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"1956 - ... plan failed
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""British plan with French and Israel failed
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"Jan 1947 - ... agreed in London
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""Burmese Constiutent Assembly agreed in London
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"August 1948 - ... independance
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""India's independance after nationalist pressures
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"Jan 1948 - ... of Malaya
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""Federation of Malaya
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"June 1948 - Mayala declared ...
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""Malaya declared state of emergency
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"1951 - Association of ...
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""Association of Malay high commision
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"1953 - ... concession
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""Signapore concession - 25/35 seats a legislative council elected by 300,000 electorates up from 6/25 seats chose by 23,000 British subjects, SSP dominated
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"1955 - ... commision
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""Reid commision drew up new constitution for Malaya
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"1955 - ... election
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""Malaya election - 51/52 seats to alliance party
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"August 1957 - independant ...
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""Independant Malaya created
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"1957 - Full internal self-gov in ...
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""Full internal self-gov in Singapore
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"1958 - ... Act
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""State of Singapore Act
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"1960 - ... ends
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""Communist insurgency ends
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"1963 - Singapore joins ...
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""Singapore joins Federation of Malaya
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"1965 - ... expelled from Malaysia
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""Singapore expelled from Malaysia
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"1948 to 1952 - ... Crisis and ... Doctrine
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""Sterling Crisis and Truman Doctrine - $3.3bn aid from the US
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"1947 - ... Report
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""Cohen Report - gradual decolonisation guided through reform
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"1948 - Windrush
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""Migration from the West Indies and Carribean to the UK - 425 to 500 migrants - to resolve labour shortage
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"1948 - ... Act
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""Nationality Act of 1948
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"1950 - ... Boys
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""Eagle-Boys - NOT villainising foreigners
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"1951 - rise in ... Gov.
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""Rise in Conservative Gov. under Churchill
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"1952 - ... Economic Conference
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""Commonwealth Economic Conference
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"1954 - ... Games
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""Commonwealth Games
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"1956 - British had to buy ... in dollars
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""British had to buy US Oil in dollars
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"1957 - ... development
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""EEC development to refocus trade with Britain
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"1958 - ... Riots
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""Nottinghall Riots
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"1959 - ... Movement Panphlet
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""Moseley's Union Movement Panplet
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"1960 to 62 - ... immigration
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""Peak immigration
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"1962 - ... Act
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""Commonwealth Immigrants Act&nbsp;
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"1962 - ... abolished
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""Empire Day abolished
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"1962 - survey...
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""90% opposed immigration
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"1963 - British applied for...
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""British applied for EEC membership
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"1964 - ... election
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""General Election - Smethswick, 6,000/70,000 votes immigrants
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"1965 - ... Act
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""Race Relations Act - 1/5 objected to working with black and brown population - forbade public discrimination
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"1965 - ... Board
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""Race Relations Board - 982 complaints, 734 dismissed
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"1967 - ... devaluation
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""Sterling devaluation - $2.80 to $2.40 per pound
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