At one point in history, people thought that the Great British Empire was a great thing, as they do of the current union. Lets however, have a look at the countries/colonies, that DID NOT like the Empire, and chose to be independent. Aden Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Basutoland - see Lesotho Bechuanaland - see Botswana British Antarctic Territory British Central Africa British East Africa British Guiana - see Guyana British Honduras - see Belize British Indian Ocean Territory British New Guinea (Papua) British Somaliland British South Africa Company Brunei Burma - see Myanmar Canada Cape Colony - South Africa Ceylon - see Sri Lanka Cook Islands Cyprus Dominica East India Company Federated Malay States Fiji Gambia Gilbert and Ellice Islands Gold Coast - see also Ghana Ionian Islands Grenada Heligoland Hong Kong India Ireland Jamaica Kenya Labuan Lagos (Nigeria) Leeward Islands Liu Kung Tau - see China Malacca Malaya - see Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mosquito Coast, Nicaragua Natal Nauru - see Western Pacific High Commission New Hebrides Newfoundland New South Wales New Zealand Niger Coast Protectorate - see British Nigeria Nigeria Niue - see Western Pacific High Commission North Borneo (Sabah) Northern Nigeria - see British Nigeria Northern Rhodesia Nyasaland Orange River Colony Palestine Penang Queensland Rhodesia Royal Niger Company Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sarawak Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa South Australia Southern Nigeria - see British Nigeria Southern Rhodesia Straits Settlements Sudan Swaziland Tanganyika Tasmania Tonga Transjordan Transvaal Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda Unfederated Malay States - see Historical Flags in Malaysia Victoria Weiheiwei, China West African Settlements West Indies Federation West Pacific High Commissioner Western Australia Western Samoa - see Samoa Windward Islands Witu Protectorate Zanzibar Lets not forget; The colonies of the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia The colonies of North and South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey The colony of Connecticut The colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation The colony of Georgia The colony of Maryland The colony of Vermont AKA - The United States of America How many of these places were too wee, too stupid, or too poor , to go it alone? How many of these nations do you think still wish they were part of the Great British Empire? - via Joe Robertson
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:42:58 +0000
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