They joined in 1829 and stayed until 1961. They left because of war. They just did not like Britain I guess. I hope I have answered your question.
As South Africa as we know it today was only formed in 1909 you could say it became a British colony then, but a lot of that area was under British control from 1795. In 1910, South Africa became a dominion of the British Empire, a self governing colony. In 1931 South Africa was effectively granted independence from the United Kingdom with the passage of the Statute of Westminster.
October 10th, 1970.
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Cyprus left the British Empire because it wished to unify with Greece as one nation which Britain would not allow. This was known as Enosis which roughly translated means butterfly.
Egypt was under British rule for a number of years. British rule began in Egypt in 1882 and lasted until 1952 and the Egyptian Revolution.
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As South Africa as we know it today was only formed in 1909 you could say it became a British colony then, but a lot of that area was under British control from 1795. In 1910, South Africa became a dominion of the British Empire, a self governing colony. In 1931 South Africa was effectively granted independence from the United Kingdom with the passage of the Statute of Westminster.
October 10th, 1970.
New Zealand didn't leave the British Empire, the Empire itself was dissolved through a number of changes following World War II. The Commonwealth of Nations is the successor to the Empire, albeit it is a voluntary organisation. New Zealand is a member of the Commonwealth.
- In West Africa, the decline of the Atlantic slave trade in the 1820s caused dramatic economic shifts in local polities. - In East Africa, the creation of clove plantations, intensification of the slave trade and relocation of the Omani capital to Zanzibar in 1839 by Seyyid Said had the effect of consolidating the Omani power in the region. Arab governance of all the major ports along the East African coast continued. - The British took full control of South Africa from the Dutch in 1815. In 1820 the British authorities persuaded about 5,000 middle-class British immigrants to leave Great Britain behind and settle in South Africa. They became known as the "1820 Settlers". - Northern Africa - The decline of the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1828. The rise of nationalism during the Ottoman Empire.
- In West Africa, the decline of the Atlantic slave trade in the 1820s caused dramatic economic shifts in local polities. - In East Africa, the creation of clove plantations, intensification of the slave trade and relocation of the Omani capital to Zanzibar in 1839 by Seyyid Said had the effect of consolidating the Omani power in the region. Arab governance of all the major ports along the East African coast continued. - The British took full control of South Africa from the Dutch in 1815. In 1820 the British authorities persuaded about 5,000 middle-class British immigrants to leave Great Britain behind and settle in South Africa. They became known as the "1820 Settlers". - Northern Africa - The decline of the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1828. The rise of nationalism during the Ottoman Empire.
16 August 1960 was when the British Empire finally granted Cyprus independence.
Nelson Mandela leave South Africa in the early 1960s because he was affected and transferred to three different prisons.
The Cape Colony in South Africa was first ruled by the Dutch. It was ruled by the Dutch Republic from 1652 to 1795 at which point the British took over.
it left because it became to self ruling