Colonial history of Ghana

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colonial_history_of_Ghana
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:AshantiEmpireAnnexed 1901
gptkbp:AshantiWars 1823–1900
gptkbp:beganIn 15th century
gptkbp:BritishCrownColonyEstablished 1874
gptkbp:BritishTogolandAdministered 1916
gptkbp:BritishTogolandMandate 1922
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Accra
gptkbp:colonialLanguage English
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ghana
gptkbp:endDate 1957
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans Portuguese
1471
gptkbp:firstSubSaharanAfricanCountryToGainIndependence true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonial history of Ghana
gptkbp:independenceDate 6 March 1957
gptkbp:independenceLeader Kwame Nkrumah
gptkbp:independenceMovement gptkb:Convention_People's_Party
gptkb:United_Gold_Coast_Convention
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:law
gptkb:public_policy
gptkb:urban_development
railways
political boundaries
cash crop economy
gptkbp:mainColony gptkb:Gold_Coast
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:gold
palm oil
rubber
wood
cocoa
slaves
gptkbp:NorthernTerritoriesProtectorateEstablished 1902
gptkbp:notableColonialForts gptkb:Fort_Amsterdam
gptkb:Fort_Christiansborg
Cape Coast Castle
Elmina Castle
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bond_of_1844
gptkb:Yaa_Asantewaa_War
formation of Legislative Council
introduction of indirect rule
gptkbp:slaveTrade gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
gptkbp:slaveTradePeriod 16th–19th centuries
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ashanti_Uprising_of_1900
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6