Ghanaian History and Politics

Colonial Administration and Resistance

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  1. In which year did the Dutch officially transfer all their Gold Coast forts, including Elmina Castle, to the British?
  2. What British colonial policy governed the territory by utilizing indigenous traditional chiefs as local administrative intermediaries?
  3. Which famous progressive British Governor (1919–1927) built Achimota College, Korle-Bu Hospital, and Takoradi Harbour?
  4. What prominent socio-political organization was founded in Cape Coast in 1897 to resist the colonial Lands Bill?
  5. Who was the leading Gold Coast lawyer and ARPS president who led the successful delegation to London in 1898 to petition against the Lands Bill?
  6. Which regional political organization was founded in Accra in 1920 by J.E. Casely Hayford to demand legislative representation across West Africa?
  7. Which colonial constitution in 1925 introduced elected municipal members to the Gold Coast Legislative Council for the first time?
  8. Which Gold Coast constitution in 1946 created the first unofficial African majority in a colonial African legislature?
  9. Which Ghanaian traditional ruler and legal scholar led the Gold Coast Youth Conference in the 1930s?
  10. What historical event in February 1948 sparked nationwide riots and accelerated the drive toward independence?
  11. Which three ex-servicemen were shot dead by colonial police at Christiansborg Crossroads on February 28, 1948?
  12. Which royal commission of enquiry was appointed by the British government to investigate the causes of the 1948 Accra riots?
  13. Who chaired the historic 1949 all-African committee that drafted the constitutional framework for self-government?
  14. What major protest campaign did Kwame Nkrumah declare in January 1950 involving non-violent strikes and civil disobedience?
  15. In which prison was Kwame Nkrumah incarcerated during the February 1951 legislative elections?
  16. Who was the last British Governor of the Gold Coast who released Kwame Nkrumah from prison to become Leader of Government Business?
  17. What title was Kwame Nkrumah initially given when invited to form a government in February 1951?
  18. Which opposition political party was formed in Kumasi in 1954 to advocate for a federal constitution for Ghana?
  19. Who served as the chief linguist to the Asantehene and principal founder of the National Liberation Movement (NLM)?
  20. Which constitutional advisor was appointed in 1955 to examine the devolution of powers and federal demands in the Gold Coast?
  21. In which international plebiscite did the people of British Togoland vote to integrate with the Gold Coast prior to independence?
  22. What British Act of Parliament granted legal independence to Ghana on March 6, 1957?
  23. Who served as the first Governor-General of independent Ghana representing Queen Elizabeth II from March to June 1957?
  24. Who was the last Governor-General of Ghana prior to the declaration of the Republic on July 1, 1960?
  25. Who was the first Ghanaian Chief Justice of independent Ghana, appointed in 1956?

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