Création du Commonwealth

📋 Plan du Cours

1. La création du Commonwealth
2. Les conditions dans les colonies

📅 Repères chronologiques

1. 1930Indians organized the Salt March
2. 1950Queen Elizabeth II took the throne
3. 1952People in Kenya who were fighting against British law were put in concentration camps
4. 2021Barbados became the newest Parliamentary Republic after 350 years of British colonisation

📖 1. La création du Commonwealth

📝 Points essentiels

• After many colonies became independent, Britain wanted to maintain ties with its former empire.

• Queen Elizabeth II decided to rethink the Commonwealth, and the British Commonwealth became the Commonwealth of Nations.

💡 Astuce mémo

Décolonisation → maintien des liens → Commonwealth of Nations

📖 2. Les conditions dans les colonies

★ À maîtriser

• In Barbados, the colonists exploited descendants of slaves on their sugar plantations.

• In India, Indians had to pay taxes and did not have the same rights as the British.

Compléments

• In South Africa, the British extracted millions of carats of diamonds.

💡 Astuce mémo

Droits britanniques ≠ droits des populations colonisées