Ghanaian History Flashcards
What year did the Portuguese first arrive on the coast of Guinea?
1471
What year was Elmina Fortress built by the Portuguese?
1482
What year did the Danish build the fort “Christiansborg”?
1661
What year did Denmark end the “trade with Negroes”?
1792 (effective 1803)
What year did the British ban on slave trade from the Gold Coast take effect?
1807
What year did Osei Bonsu ascend to the Asante throne?
1800
What year was the first Anglo-Asante war?
1824
What year was slavery abolished in all British colonies?
1833
What year did Denmark abolish slavery in all its territories?
1848
What year did Britain purchase Danish forts on the Gold Coast?
1850
What year did the British proclaim the Gold Coast a crown colony?
1874
What year did Accra become the capital of the Gold Coast
1877
What years mark the Berlin Conference?
1884-1885
What year did Britain control the Asante Kingdom?
1896
What year was the Golden Stool demanded by Governor Hodgson, sparking conflict?
1900
What year did the Asante Kingdom surrender to Britain?
1902
What year was Kwame Nkrumah born?
1909
What year did the first legislative elections occur in the Gold Coast?
1925
What year was the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) founded?
1947
What year did the Accra riots occur, leading to multiple deaths?
1948
What year did Kwame Nkrumah form the Convention People’s Party (CPP)?
1949
What year did the CPP win the Gold Coast’s first legislative elections?
1951
What year did Ghana gain independence?
1957
What year did Ghana become a republic?
1960
What year did Nkrumah declare Ghana a one-party state?
1964
What year was Nkrumah overthrown in a coup?
1966
What year was Ghana’s Second Republic established?
1969
What year did Kwame Nkrumah die in Guinea?
1972
What year did the “Supreme Military Council” form in Ghana?
1975
What year was Jerry Rawlings’ first coup attempt?
1979
What year did Jerry Rawlings successfully carry out a coup?
1979
What year did Dr. Hilla Limann become Ghana’s president?
1979
What year did Rawlings seize power a second time?
1981
What year was Ghana’s National Commission for Democracy formed?
1990
What year marked the inauguration of Ghana’s Fourth Republic?
1993
What year did Kofi Annan become UN Secretary-General?
1997
What year did the deadly stampede at Accra Sports Stadium occur?
2001
What year did Nana Akufo-Addo win the presidential election?
2016
What year was free Senior High School introduced in Ghana?
2017
What year did the Danes arrive on the Gold Coast
1642
Who became Ghana’s first female Chief Justice, and in what year?
Georgina Theodora Wood in 2007
Who won Ghana’s first democratic presidential election in 1992?
Jerry John Rawlings
When did Ghana become a republic
July 1, 1960
When was the first decomcratic presidential election held?
1992
In what year was Kwame Nkrumah overthrown
1966
In which year did Ghana discover offshore oil
2007
On what date did Ghana gain its independence from Britain, becoming the first African nation to do so?
March 6, 1957
In what year did the Dutch establish Fort Nassau as their first fort on the Gold Coast?
1612
Who was the influential leader of the Ashanti Empire during the first Anglo-Ashanti War in 1824?
King Osei Bonsu
In which year did the Dutch withdraw from the Gold Coast, ceding their territories to the British?
1872
Which year was the Katamnso War fought?
1826
When did captain George Maclean arrive in the Gold Coast?
1830
What date and month was the Bond of 1844 signed?
6th March 1844
When was the McLean Treaty signed between the British and the Fante chiefs?
1831
Who is credited with bringing cocoa to Ghana?
Tetteh Quarshie
From which country did Tetteh Quarshie bring cocoa to Ghana?
Fernando Po (now Bioko, Equatorial Guinea)
In what year did Tetteh Quarshie bring cocoa to Ghana?
1879
What was Tetteh Quarshie’s profession?
Blacksmith
Where did Tetteh Quarshie first plant cocoa in Ghana?
Mampong, in the Eastern Region
When was Tetteh Quarshie born and when did he die?
1842 - 1892
Where is the Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm located?
Mampong-Akwapim, Eastern Region
Who is the father of Cocoa in Ghana
Tetteh Quarshie
What is the name of the main hospital in Ghana named after Tetteh Quarshie?
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital
When was the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital inaugurated?
1952
When was Tetteh Quarshie’s cocoa farm replanted to preserve it as a historic site?
1960
Who built the Akosombo Dam
Gordon Guggisberg
Who was the British colonial governor of the Gold Coast between 1919 and 1927?
Sir Gordon Guggisberg
When did construction of the Akosombo Dam begin
1965
When was the Akosombo Dam finally built
1966
In which year was Ghana hit with a strong drought in farming
1983
What does Ghana mean
Warrior King
When did the first Moslems arrive in the gold coast
1921
When did the first Christians arrive in the Gold Coast
1482
When was the Treaty of Fomena signed?
1874, 50,000 ounces of gold
When was Osei Bonsu born and when did he die?
Born 1779, died 1824
When was the first Ghana Music Awards held?
1999
When was the Ghana School of Law founded?
1958
When did the Sagrenti War occur?
1873-1874
Who was the first Ghanaian footballer?
Arthur Wharton (1890s)
When did Ghana first go to the FIFA World Cup?
2006 (Germany)
When did Ghana first participate in AFCON?
1963 (Tunisia)
When did Ghana first win AFCON?
1963 (Tunisia)
When was the Ghana Premier League established?
1956
Who designed the Coat of Arms?
Amon Kotei
Who designed the Ghana Flag?
Theodosia Okoh
