Decolonisation Pressures (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Ghana independence date
Ghana independence date
March 1957, first sub-Saharan African colony independent
Location of 'wind of change' speech
Location of 'wind of change' speech
Cape Town, South Africa, February 1960
Sharpeville massacre casualties
Sharpeville massacre casualties
67 Africans killed by police, March 1960
African states joining UN in 1960
African states joining UN in 1960
16 new African states
Britain's key weakness in maintaining empire
Britain's key weakness in maintaining empire
Lack of political will, not military capacity
Atlantic Charter's impact on Africans
Atlantic Charter's impact on Africans
Inspired with principles of self-determination
Macmillan's Cold War fear for Africa
Macmillan's Cold War fear for Africa
Communist expansion transforming continent into battleground
British public attitude to Empire by 1960s
British public attitude to Empire by 1960s
Increasingly indifferent, focused on domestic issues
South Africa's 1960 Commonwealth decision
South Africa's 1960 Commonwealth decision
Withdrew application rather than reform racial policies
Pass laws definition
Pass laws definition
Acts restricting movement of black people in South Africa