AQA A Level History Breadth Study: The British Empire, c1857-1967 June 2019 question paper 7042/1J

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to British attitudes to decolonisation in the years 1945 to 1967.

‘Britain’s policies towards the peoples of southern Africa were inconsistent in the years c1857 to c1890.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Britain’s colonial administrators brought benefits to both Britain and the peoples they governed, in the years c1890 to 1914.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did Britain’s economic relationship with its Empire change during the years 1914 to 1939?