Nigeria (all periods)

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1

When did Britain annex Lagos to secure first access to the palm oil trade?

1861

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2

When was a Christian grammar school founded in Lagos?

1859

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3

When did Gladstone refuse to charter George Goldie’s United African Company on the grounds it would promote unnecessary international conflict?

1881

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4

By when had the Royal Niger Company established 30 trading posts along the Lower Niger?

1884

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5

When was the Royal Niger Company chartered to counter German ambitions in the region?

1886

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6

When was the independent kingdom of Benin conquered?

1897

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7

When was the Royal Niger Company’s charter revoked?

1899

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8

When did the British government take control of the Royal Niger Company’s territory, forming the Southern Nigeria Protectorate?

1900

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9

From 1902, who was tasked by the Colonial Office with moving north into the Sokoto Caliphate, which ceded to Britain the following year after a series of military defeats? (This became the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.)

Lord Lugard

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10

When were northern and southern Nigeria formally united despite Nigeria remaining administratively divided into the Northern and Southern Protectorates and the Lagos Colony?

1914

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11

Inhabitants of the southern region sustained more interaction, economic and cultural, with the British owing to what?

The coastal economy

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12

Following WW2, greater representation was allowed with who retaining ultimate power?

Governor General and his Executive Council

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13

How many assemblies were created for the major regions along with a Legislative Council for national issues?

3

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14

Greater pressure for change forced Britain to create what which extended the vote and created a National Council of Ministers?

Macpherson Constitution 1951

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15

When did Nigeria receive independence with regional divides between the north and south already intrenched?

1960

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16

Which British official was responsible for managing the transition to an independent Nigeria?

Sir John Macpherson  

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17

Nationalist leaders were dismayed that the 1951 constitution gave Macpherson veto power over any decision and opened conflict between politicians from different regions, leaving who to approve a new constitution allowing for greater regional autonomy in 1954?

Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttleton

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18

Who secured himself as president in 1960 by working with both the British and rival parties?

Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe  

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19

Since when had Nigeria had an elected Legislative Council?

1922

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20

When did the Southern, Western and Eastern regions become formally self-governing?

1957

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21

When did the Northern Region become formally self-governing?

1959

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22

Which party did Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe lead?

NCNC

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23

Which party did Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe secure a deal with?

NPC

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24

Which party represented the more advanced Western region?

The Action Group

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