History A-Level
Commonwealth withdrawal and isolation
What Commonwealth withdrawal and isolation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Commonwealth withdrawal and isolation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
South Africa had to leave the Commonwealth in March 1961 after opposition from newly independent African and Asian members, and this isolation reinforced National Party power and apartheid.
Topics that use Commonwealth withdrawal and isolation
- Paper 2, Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ - 2 Radicalisation of resistance and the consolidation of National Party power, 1960–68 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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