Virginia became a commonwealth in 1781. The Commonwealth of Virginia had its own Constitution and is one of the oldest states in America.
In 1931 by the Statue of Westminster by the father of Elizabeth II, King George VI
1930 that was 80 years ago
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The Commonwealth of Nations was formed on December 11, 1931 with the signing of the Statute of Westminster.
It really depends upon which commonwealth you are referring to . As commonwealth refers to a country formed for the greater good the oldest commonwealth in existence is the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth which lasted from 1569 to 1795 does that answer your question?
after the split of the USSR
Commonwealth of Independent States.
commonwealth of independent states.
Commonwealth of Nations, formerly known as Commonwealth and British Commonwealth, is formed from the countries of the British Empire. Commonwealth of Nations contains 54 independent modern countries. Only Mozambique and Rwanda were not part of the former British Empire.
They formed it cause they felt like it.
The British Commonwealth is an obsolete name for what is now called the Commonwealth of Nations. It is an association of some 54 independent, sovereign nations, most (but not all) of whom were once part of the British Empire
The Commonwealth of Independent States also known as the CIS was formerly known as The Russian Commonwealth. The organization was regional and was formed after the breakup of the former Soviet Union and its participating countries were former Soviet Republics.
CIS
The name of the country Shakespeare lived in was England. England is not a seperate country any more, and this happened long before the Commonwealth was formed. So basically, the country Shakespeare lived in no longer exists as a seperate country and was never a part of the commonwealth.
After the British Empire collapsed, many in the Empire kept loyal to the British Monarchy and wished to maintain close ties to Britain. These nations formed the "British Commonwealth" Nowadays, it has been renamed to "the Commonwealth", dropping the British connection, although Britain remains a memeber. The Head of the Commonwealth is the British Monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, whom reigns seperately and independantly in all 16 commonwealth nations. The Commonwealth is a forum for a number of non-governmental organisations collectively known as the "Commonwealth Family", which strengthens the shared culture of the commonwealth through sport (the commonwealth games), literature hertitage and legal practices...In theory the Commonwealth countries do not consider one another to be "foreign"