Dec 4 The Commonwealth
Introduction
Phases in the History of the Commonwealth
1917-1948 Britain + the white Dominions
1948-1957 Euro-South Asian phase (8 members)
1949 London Declaration
1957-1960s the coming of the black Commonwealth
1965 founding of the Commonwealth secretariat
I. Origins
commonwealth: "an association of peoples linked
by a desire for collective well-being"
II. Key moments [time line]
First World War
the Balfour Declaration on
Inter-Imperial Relations (1926)the Statute of Westminster (1931)
III. Putting the Commonwealth to the Test
A. the Second World War
resources and imperial defense
Australia
B. Decolonization
race
republics
IV. the Commonwealth today