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An unspoken agreement of the treaty that was common in British protected states was a new monopoly on Tonga's thriving vanilla industry, and their small deposits of minerals. On 18 May 1900, to discourage German advances, [ 1 ] the Kingdom of Tonga became a Protected State with the United Kingdom under a Treaty of Friendship signed by George ...
Tonga joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970, and the United Nations in 1999. While exposed to colonial forces, Tonga has never lost indigenous governance, a fact that makes Tonga unique in the Pacific and boosts confidence in the monarchical system. The British High Commission in Tonga closed in March 2006.
The ruling party administration for St. Kitts moved to make the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla colony into a looser associated state status with the UK in 1967 much to the dismay of many in Anguilla, with agitation turning into the Anguillan Revolution; Anguilla's population moved in favour of returning to British authority in 1971 with full ...
English colony of Surinam from 1650 to 1667 and again controlled by the British from 1799 to 1816; subsequently a Dutch colony. In 2012, Suriname announced plans to join the Commonwealth [68] and the British government has made it a priority to provide guidance to Suriname in applying for Commonwealth membership. [69] Zimbabwe: 2018 [70] Africa
Tonga became a protected state under a Treaty of Friendship with Britain on 18 May 1900, when European settlers and rival Tongan chiefs unsuccessfully tried to oust the man who had succeeded Tāufaʻāhau as king. The treaty posted no higher permanent representative on Tonga than a British consul (1901–1970). Under the protection of Britain ...
The Delhi Durbar of 1877: the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India British Somaliland; British Weihaiwei; British Western Pacific Territories. British Solomon Islands; Colony of Fiji; Gilbert and Ellice Islands; Kingdom of Tonga; New Hebrides (condominium with France) Pitcairn Islands; British Windward Islands; Cape Colony ...
Map of Tonga. This article lists the British consuls in Tonga from 1901 to 1970. They were responsible for representing British interests in the Kingdom of Tonga while the country was a British protectorate (from 18 May 1900 until 4 June 1970).
Tonga was admitted to full membership of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970, upon regaining its independence from British protection. Since it has always had its own monarch, its position in the Commonwealth was rather unusual. Tonga is an independent native Commonwealth monarchy like Brunei, Lesotho, Malaysia, and Swaziland.