What would it take for Britain to set up larger, pan-continental dominions in its colonies?
I'm thinking a Dominion of America including all of Canada, Bermuda, Newfoundland, and possibly even the British Caribbean and Belize.
A Dominion of Australasia including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the British Pacific (that one was actually considered during the 1890ies, and is still enshrined in the Australian constitution.), Papua New Guinea, and maybe even Malaya.
A Dominion of India including Pakistan, India, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore.
A Dominion of South Africa including the Cape, the Boers, and both Rhodesias.
Is it possible for Britain to set up these four dominions? I've never understood why Newfoundland stayed independent of Canada till the forties, or why the British didn't fold the Caribbean into Canada - it was just as threatened post civil-war by an American invasion as Canada was.
I'm thinking a Dominion of America including all of Canada, Bermuda, Newfoundland, and possibly even the British Caribbean and Belize.
A Dominion of Australasia including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the British Pacific (that one was actually considered during the 1890ies, and is still enshrined in the Australian constitution.), Papua New Guinea, and maybe even Malaya.
A Dominion of India including Pakistan, India, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore.
A Dominion of South Africa including the Cape, the Boers, and both Rhodesias.
Is it possible for Britain to set up these four dominions? I've never understood why Newfoundland stayed independent of Canada till the forties, or why the British didn't fold the Caribbean into Canada - it was just as threatened post civil-war by an American invasion as Canada was.