Timeline for Why did the British not want India's allegiance to be completely dissolved from Britain?
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| Jul 7, 2017 at 0:24 | history | edited | Bradley Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2017 at 18:17 | comment | added | jamesqf | Re "Britain still needs trade, soldiers, and resources from its colonies...": The converse seems to be true as well, as former colonies seem to have prospered in proportion to their ties to Britain. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 17:25 | vote | accept | Mr. Sigma. | ||
| Jun 30, 2017 at 10:21 | comment | added | Bradley Wilson | Essentially resources was the main aim, I've updated the answer to align with your query. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 10:18 | history | edited | Bradley Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2017 at 10:07 | comment | added | Mr. Sigma. | Thanks. Can you answer 2nd part - What are the reasons if possibly inferred, by which Britian was reluctant to grant complete independence? | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 10:03 | history | edited | Bradley Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2017 at 9:11 | comment | added | Bradley Wilson | @Aghori The American revolution would have wanted more than dominion status, but like Sjuan said, that's alternative history and we can't judge whether that would have really been the case. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 8:54 | comment | added | SJuan76 | That goes into "alternative history" and I believe it impossible to truly answer. You just cannot compare directly 1776 to 1900, except for very broad concepts. Maybe the experience of losing the USA colonies was what decided the UK to take a "softer control" approach, maybe it was just how society evolved, maybe it could have been worked out in 1776... take your pick. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 8:49 | comment | added | Mr. Sigma. | @SJuan76 So was there even a possibility that Britian could give dominion status to America assuming there was the concept of dominion then? | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 7:27 | history | edited | Bradley Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2017 at 7:18 | history | edited | Bradley Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2017 at 7:15 | comment | added | SJuan76 | Also, at the time of USA independence there was not even the concept of Dominion, by the time of India independence it was well stablished. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 7:08 | history | answered | Bradley Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |