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Position:Home>History> What were the former colonies of the British Empire in 1914?Question: What were the former colonies of the British Empire in 1914!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I assume you mean what Colonies were part of The British Empire in 1914!? They included: Great Britain Ireland Gibraltar Malta Cyprus India Ceylon Straits Settlements Hong Kong Malay States North Borneo Labuan Wei-hei-wei Sarawak Australia Tasmania New Zealand New Guinea Fiji Islands Tonga and Pacific Islands Gambia Sierra Leone Lagos Gold Coast Somaliland Nigeria Zanzibar Uganda British East Africa (Kenya) Rhodesia Bechuanaland South Africa Mauritius Seychelles St Helena Ascension Canada Newfoundland and Labrador British Honduras Bahamas Bermuda Jamaica and Turk's Islands Leeward Islands Windward Islands Barbados British Guiana Trinidad and Tobago FalklandsWww@QuestionHome@Com The US (13 colonies), Canada (1867) and Australia (1901) were independent in 1914!. As was New Zealand (1907), South Africa (1910) and Newfoundland (1907) !. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/History_of_!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/History_of_!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Independenc!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/South_afric!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Dominion_of!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com None!. In 1914 the UK hadn't given independence to any of their colonies!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |