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1
Q

Dominions phrase formalised

A

1907

2
Q

Dominions during the inter-war period are…

A
Australia 
Canada
New Zealand 
Newfoundland 
Union of SA (1910)
Irish Free State (1921-37)
3
Q

Imperial War Conference

A

1917

Dominions were promised a conference to discuss their future autonomy after the war

4
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Canada and SA refused to back British policy regarding Turkey

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1922 - refused to back British policy defending the straits of Chanak against Mustapha Kemal

5
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Halibut Fisheries Treaty

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1923 - allowed Canada to negotiate the Halibut Fisheries treaty with America as an independent nation - set a precedent

6
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Treaty of Lausanne

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1923

7
Q

Canada and Irish Free State refused to accept any responsibility for the Treaty of Lausanne

A

1924

8
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Treaty of Locarno

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1925 - British exempted dominions and India from its provisions unless they wanted to - showed that the Empire no longer had a united foreign policy

9
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Dominions Office created

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1925
Overseen by a Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Also controlled policy regarding the self-governing crown colony of S Rhodesia

10
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Balfour Definition

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1926
‘autonomous communities within a Commonwealth of Nations’
‘united by a common allegiance to the Crown’
Came out of the 1926 Imperial Conference

11
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Hertzog’s response to Balfour

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‘I have no fear of Empire any longer’ - shows the confidence in Balfour
(Hertzog = SA PM since 1924)

12
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Statute of Westminster

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1931 - dominions now had legislatures independent of Britain
Born out of Imperial Conferences in 1929 and 1930

13
Q

Statute of Westminster was immediately ratified in…

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SA, IFS and Canada

14
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Statute of Westminster ratified in Australia

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1942

15
Q

Statute of Westminster ratified in New Zealand

A

1947

16
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Statute of Westminster ratified in Newfoundland

A

Never (but this area became part of Canada in 1949 anyway)

17
Q

Ottawa Conference

A

1932

Strengthened economic ties between Britain and the dominions

18
Q

How were the dominions represented at the Paris Peace Conference and in the LON?

A

They were each represented separately (not just Britain representing them all)

19
Q

Which dominions also declared war on Germany in 1939? (even though they didn’t have to)

A
AUZ 
NZ 
Canada 
SA 
(basically everyone except Ireland)