ghana history 4

Question 1

What year did the Portuguese first arrive on the coast of Guinea?

Answer 1

1471

Question 2

What year was Elmina Fortress built by the Portuguese?

Answer 2

1482

Question 3

What year did the Danish build the fort “Christiansborg”?

Answer 3

1661

Question 4

What year did Denmark end the “trade with Negroes”?

Answer 4

1792 (effective 1803)

Question 5

What year did the British ban on slave trade from the Gold Coast take effect?

Answer 5

1807

Question 6

What year did Osei Bonsu ascend to the Asante throne?

Answer 6

1800

Question 7

What year was the first Anglo-Asante war?

Answer 7

1824

Question 8

What year was slavery abolished in all British colonies?

Answer 8

1833

Question 9

What year did Denmark abolish slavery in all its territories?

Answer 9

1848

Question 10

What year did Britain purchase Danish forts on the Gold Coast?

Answer 10

1850

Question 11

What year did the British proclaim the Gold Coast a crown colony?

Answer 11

1874

Question 12

What year did Accra become the capital of the Gold Coast?

Answer 12

1877

Question 13

What years mark the Berlin Conference?

Answer 13

1884-1885

Question 14

What year did Britain control the Asante Kingdom?

Answer 14

1896

Question 15

What year was the Golden Stool demanded by Governor Hodgson, sparking conflict?

Answer 15

1900

Question 16

What year did the Asante Kingdom surrender to Britain?

Answer 16

1902

Question 17

What year was Kwame Nkrumah born?

Answer 17

1909

Question 18

What year did the first legislative elections occur in the Gold Coast?

Answer 18

1925

Question 19

What year was the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) founded?

Answer 19

1947

Question 20

What year did the Accra riots occur, leading to multiple deaths?

Answer 20

1948