00:00A dominion is an autonomous member state of the British Empire and later of the Commonwealth.
00:04Before the First World War, the dominions were not fully independent, the United Kingdom
00:08maintaining sovereignty over international relations, diplomacy, and war,
00:13Citizenship, the highest court, and the constitution. After the First World War
00:17Globally, the sovereignty of the dominions increased considerably thanks to the signing of the
00:22the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster
00:27from 1931. After World War II, most of the former colonies obtained
00:32autonomy. Some dominions become republics and others become
00:36Commonwealth realms. The dominions obtain all powers related to sovereignty.
00:41and the term dominion falls into disuse. History. A dominion is a country that emerged from the
00:46British colonization being able to manage its own finances and domestic policy, apart
00:50some basic ethical rules, imposed by the dominant entity and its business, to
00:55with the exception of the metropolitan requirements, again. Nevertheless, initially, the government
01:00cannot manage foreign affairs, this function being carried out by the government
01:04of the United Kingdom. It is entitled to an armed force ultimately reporting to the entity
01:08dominant, therefore, for example, the Canadian army is an integral part of the British army
01:12until 1917.
