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It didn't. It was a gradual process spanning the late 19th and 20th centuries. World War 2 left Britain weakened internationally and still less capable of controlling a vast empire. Britain withdrew from most of the Middle East in 1946-48. India was granted independence in 1947, Ghana and Malaya in 1957, Most of Britain's African colonies weren't freed until the 1960s: Hong Kong remained a colony until 1997, the Falkland Islands to this day.
Where possible, the British sought to hand power to traditionally-minded rulers who would respect British business in the former colonies. Decolonisation was complicated in some territories by the presence of privileged white settler minorities: British failure to bring about majority rule resulted in uprisings in Kenya in the 1950s and Rhodesia (whose white regime had proclaimed independence rather than share power) in the 1970s.
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What were the two most successful empires of modern times?
British Empire (up to around 1950). Not really an empire, but the USA.
How did the breakup of the ottoman empire?
it started to break up when the british empire signed a mandate over palestine
What was the largest empire in history up to this time?
The British Empire
What empire was located in the midst of the English colonies?
The British Empire was made up of all the British Colonies.
What is a centralized empire?
A centralized empire is a vast empire that has a single base power and several colonies. A strong example of this is the British empire. The British empire was ruled by the British parliament and Queen of England, however it had several colonies that made up the empire.
Up to the 21st Century Great Britain or the British Empire was made up of many countries which are independent today?
The British Empire. Great Britain is the latgest island of the British Isles.
Which time period the British Empire ended?
The British Empire started to break-up from 1947. The British government had a policy of deolonisation from the 1940's until the 1980's (with Zimbabwe, Belize and Brunei being given independence in the 1980's). The last major British colony ended in 1997 with Hong Kong being given back to the PRC.
What were the reasons for the break up of the German Empire?
it was all to do with the war
The break up of the German Empire?
Done by the Treaty of Versailles.
Is new imperialism a feature of the British Empire?
Not currently. New Imperialism was a policy of the British Empire from the early 1800s to the early 1900s. The British Empire set up many colonies throughout Africa during that time.
Why is the United Kingdom important?
The British Empire no longer exists. It came to an end during the late 1940's and 1950's. About 50 of the old members of the British Empire are now independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations.
What type of people lived in the british ampire?
I think you mean The British Empire!?!The answer is 1/3rd of the world at one time or another was part of the British Empire. From 1750-1950 the empire included countries such as India, Canada, Jamaica, Thailand, South Africa, Australia, and many, many others, North America, including the now USA, was also part of the British Empire up until the War of Independence. This means that the peoples ethnic groups included White Europeans (in the UK, and settlers from Europe in Canada and Australia and others), Asians, Africans, Afro-Caribeans, etc. Pretty much every race and religion has been at some time governed by the British Empire.
