British colonial government in Nigeria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_colonial_government_in_Nigeria

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:administrativeDivision	gptkb:Northern_Nigeria gptkb:Eastern_Nigeria gptkb:Western_Nigeria
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Lagos
gptkbp:colonialOffice	Colonial Office (London)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:endDate	1960
gptkbp:governedBy	Governor-General of Nigeria
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British colonial government in Nigeria
gptkbp:importCommodity	gptkb:beer Textiles industrial equipment
gptkbp:legacy	Economic exploitation Ethnic divisions Introduction of Western education Creation of modern administrative boundaries Legal system based on English common law
gptkbp:market	gptkb:Palm_oil Cocoa Tin Groundnuts
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Aba_Women's_Riot_(1929) gptkb:Lyttleton_Constitution_(1954) gptkb:Macpherson_Constitution_(1951) gptkb:Richards_Constitution_(1946) gptkb:Amalgamation_of_Northern_and_Southern_Nigeria_(1914) Independence of Nigeria (1960)
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Frederick_Lugard gptkb:Arthur_Richards gptkb:Hugh_Clifford gptkb:James_Wilson_Robertson gptkb:John_Stuart_Macpherson
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:policy	gptkb:Indirect_rule Taxation Forced labor Divide and rule Missionary education
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Sokoto_Caliphate Benin Empire Oyo Empire
gptkbp:resistantTo	gptkb:Aba_Women's_Riot Benin Massacre Ekumeku Movement Satiru Rebellion
gptkbp:startDate	1861
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Federal_Government_of_Nigeria
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ordinance_No._25,_1921
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7