Opposition to British Rule

Key issue(s)
​Reasons for, methods, successes, consequences for Britain and its colonies
The key debates here, to emphasise again, go back to the issue of whether local action and circumstances, international influences or metropolitan concerns were actually the most significant – and how these variables might change with time and place. To what extent was there a policy that the British imperial administration could impose and follow and to what extent was it following the actions of others?  
Internet Resources
​All the links in previous sections provide plenty of scope for exploring these issues in local contexts.
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  • A brief overview by John Darwin (BBC).
  • An extract from a recent popular history by Jeremy Paxman (Telegraph).
  • A general timeline.
  • Lots of useful maps for decolonisation globally.
  • Lots of online images from the Imperial War Museums on the subject of Empire and Commonwealth.