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 colony?
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