could you name me all the british comanweath countries,and the countries that are stil under power,and the countries britain used to rule?
2006-09-02 08:46:45 · 5 answers · asked by stoke 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The following are the 53 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth is short for British Commonwealth of Nations which is the original name of the organization, established in 1926) and their dates of entry:
Antigua and Barbuda (1981), Australia (1936, Statute of Westminster), The Bahamas (1973), Bangladesh (1972), Barbados (1966), Belize (1981), Botswana (1966), Brunei Darussalam (1984), Cameroon (1995), Canada (1931), Cyprus (1961), Dominica (1978), Fiji Islands 1970 (rejoined in 1997 after a 10 year lapse), The Gambia (1965), Ghana (1957), Grenada (1974), Guyana (1966), India (1947), Jamaica (1962), Kenya (1963), Kiribati (1979), Lesotho (1966), Malawi (1964), Malaysia (1957), Maldives (1982), Malta (1964), Mauritius (1968), Mozambique (1995), Namibia (1990), Nauru (1968, became an offical special member on 1 July 2005), New Zealand (1937 Satute of Westminster), Nigeria (1960, suspended 1995-99), Pakistan (1947, left in 1972 and rejoined in 1989), Papua New Guinea (1975), St. Kitts and Nevis (1983), St. Lucia (1979), St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1979), Samoa (1970), Seychelles (1976), Sierra Leone (1961), Sinapore (1965), Solomon Islands (1978), South Africa (1931 Statute of Westminster; left in 1961, rejoined in 1994), Sri Lanka (1948), Swaziland (1968), Tonga (1970), Trinidad and Tobago (1962), Uganda (1962), United Kingdom (Founding member state), United Republic of Tanzania (1961), Vanuatu (1980), and Zambia (1964).
Out of these countries, there are 16 that recognize the Queen as the Head of State (no political power) and they are: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Soloman Islands, Tuvalu, and of courser the United Kingdom.
The remaining 31 States are Commonwealth Republics with their own Heads of State.
The remainig members are realms with their own monarchs; Brunei, Lesotho, Malaysia, Swaziland, and Tonga. They do recognize the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth.
Countries that are still under British Rule; Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
As for which countries did Britain used to rule (the British Empire), all the member states of the British Commonwealth, plus France, USA, Nertherlands, Newfoundland (didn't join Canada until 1949), Hong Kong, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. I think I might be missing one or two.
2006-09-02 11:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it's now called The Commonwealth of Nations. See links below.
British Commonwealth Countries
Abu Dhabi
Aden Aitutaki
Alderney Anguilla
Antigua[Scans] Ascension
Australia Australia Antarctic Terr.
Bahamas[Scans] Bahrain
Barbados Barbuda
Basutoland Belize
Bermuda[Scans] Botswana
British Ant. Terr. British Guiana
British Honduras[Scans] British Indian Ocean Terr.
Brunei Caicos Is.
Cayman Is.[Scaans] Christmas Is.
Cocos(Keeling) Cook Is.[Scans]
Cyprus Dominica[Scans]
Falkland Is. Falkland Is. Dep.
Fiji Gambia[Scans]
Ghana Gibraltar[Scans]
Gilbert Is. Gilbert & Ellis[Scans]
Great Britain Great Britain Regionals
British Offices Abroad Grenada
Grenada Grenadines Guernsey
Guyana Hong Kong
India[Scans] Ireland[Scans]
Isle of Man Jamaica
Jersey Kenya
Kiribati K.U.T.
Kuwait Leeward Is.
Lesotho Malawi
Malaya[Scans} Malaya States[Scans]
Malaysia Maldives
Mali Malta[Scans]
Mauritius
Montserrat Nauru
Nevis New Guinea
New Zealand[Scans] Nigeria
Niue Norfolk Is.
North Borneo Northern Rhodesia
North West Pacific Is. Nyasaland
Oman Pakistan
Papua New Guinea Penrhyn
Pitcairn Qatar
Rhodesia
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Ross Dependencies
St.Helena St.Kitts
St.Kitts-Nevis[Scans] St.Lucia
St.Vincent St.Vincent Grenadines
Samoa Sarawak
Seychelles Sierra Leone
Singapore South Africa
Solomon Is. Somaliland Protectorate
South Georgia S. Nigeria
S.Rhodesia[Scans] S.W.Africa
Straits Sett. Sudan
Swaziland Tanzania
Tokelau Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago Tristan Da Cunha
Turks & Caicos Is. Tuvalu
Uganda Vaitupu
Vanuatu Venda
Virgin Is Zaire
Zambia Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
2006-09-02 15:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The major ones are Barbados, India, Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan, Burma, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Much of the rest of Africa, Falkland Islands, Ulster, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Suez, Gibraltar, and many more.
2006-09-02 16:58:37 · answer #3 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it not the old British Empire, minus the Islamic countries? Sorry to not be more knowledgeable.
2006-09-02 17:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is a comanweath?
2006-09-02 16:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋