Why did Australia and New Zealand participate in the Commonwealth Games?

Because the history of Australia and New Zealand has a strong British color. Although independent, the Queen of England is still the queen of these two countries.

After the American War of Independence, Britain began to seek to establish its exile in other parts of the world to replace its colonies in the North Atlantic. The first fleet consisting of 1 1 ships, 1500 people-half of whom were criminals exiled by the British government-arrived in Botany Bay in 1788. Sydney, Australia was developed in the first exile in England.

The British government stopped sending criminals to New South Wales, Australia in 1840, but it didn't stop sending criminals to Western Australia until 1868. Around 80 years, about 6.5438+0.6 million British government criminals were exiled to Australia. On the contrary, the number of free immigrants to Australia is as high as 50 thousand every year.

/kloc-In the 1950s, the gold rush stimulated Europeans to emigrate to Australia. The shortage of labor, vast jungle, vast land, and new wealth brought by farming, mining and trade have had a great impact on the formation of Australia's unique social structure and its sensitivity to the external environment and culture.

190 1 year, Australian colonists formed the Commonwealth of Australia and established the Commonwealth of Australia. Like Canada, the Queen of England is still the Queen of Australia, but Australia is already an independent and democratic country with freedom of religion and speech.

The Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement signed between the British royal family and the Maori people in New Zealand in 1840. It established the British legal system in New Zealand, and at the same time confirmed the Maori right to own their own land and culture. The treaty is regarded as the founding document of New Zealand.

Since Captain Cook discovered New Zealand at the end of 18, the number of people who settled in New Zealand has been increasing day by day. By the end of 1839, there were about 2,000 Pakha people living in New Zealand. In view of the increasing mobility between businessmen and colonists, the British government appointed James? James Busby is a British resident to protect Britain's trade interests and curb the growing immovability.

Although Busby has played a certain role in maintaining public order, the number of people who can't move and sell land to whites in disguise is still increasing. The British government thinks it is necessary to take effective measures to strengthen its rule over New Zealand. 1840, William? Captain William Hobson was sent to New Zealand as the chief executive. His task was to gain British sovereignty over New Zealand by signing a treaty with the local Maori chiefs.