Margaret Thatcher (The Falkland Islands War, 1982)
•Known as the ‘Iron Lady’
•First women to be elected as a European head of state
•Conservative party took office in 1979
•Stayed until 1990
•Won three consecutive elections
•Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
•Gov’t stayed out of economics
•Individuals were given greater freedoms
•Reduced public expenditures
•Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
•Promoted independence for Mozambique
•First women to be elected as a European head of state
•Conservative party took office in 1979
•Stayed until 1990
•Won three consecutive elections
•Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
•Gov’t stayed out of economics
•Individuals were given greater freedoms
•Reduced public expenditures
•Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
•Promoted independence for Mozambique
question
If thatcher didn't give in the Falkland islands how would the UK have reacted?
summary
was a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The conflict resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which lie in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina.