Ghana
Ghana achieved this status in 1957, making it the first sub-Saharan African state to do so.
What is independence?
These locally recruited Indian troops served in the British East India Company’s army.
Who are sepoys?
At its height, the British Empire ruled over this fraction of the entire world's population.
What is one quarter (or 25%)?
This East African nation, colonized by Britain, saw a major uprising in the 1950s known as the Mau Mau Rebellion.
What is Kenya?
This Caribbean island, colonized by the Spanish and then the British, saw its economy built on sugar plantations before gaining independence in 1962.
What is Jamaica?
This sacred object is considered the "symbolic essence" and "soul" of the Asante state.
What is the Golden Stool?
This private business effectively acted as an imperial power, conquering and taxing vast regions of India.
What is the British East India Company (or the EIC)?
This famous phrase described the vastness of the British Empire, suggesting its territories spanned every time zone.
What is "the empire on which the sun never set"?
After nearly 400 years of Spanish rule, this archipelago was "sold" to the United States in 1898 before gaining full independence in 1946.
What are the Philippines?
In 1893, the monarchy of this Pacific island chain was overthrown by a group of American businessmen and sugar planters.
What is Hawaii?
At age 65, this Queen Mother of Ejisu stood up to lead an army against the British when the male leaders were exiled or hesitant.
Who is Yaa Asantewaa?
Under this policy, the EIC took control of over 25 states if the local ruler was deemed "incompetent" or lacked an heir.
What is the Doctrine of Lapse?
This 120-mile "lifeline of the empire" in Egypt dramatically cut sailing time between Britain and India.
What is the Suez Canal?
This country is famously cited as the only African nation to never be fully colonized, having defeated an Italian invasion at the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
What is Ethiopia?
This country's independence path involved a long struggle against Apartheid, a system of legal racial segregation.
What is South Africa?
This was the British system of governing through local indigenous chiefs rather than ruling directly.
What is indirect rule?
Following the revolt, this British monarch became the sole sovereign of India, ending EIC rule.
Who is Queen Victoria?
This was the "cornerstone" system where Britain paid local soldiers to fight for them because they lacked the manpower to rule alone.
What is the Sepoy system?
Formerly known as Indochina, this region fought a long war of resistance against the French, culminating in the battle of Dien Bien Phu.
What is Vietnam?
This European country was the primary colonizer of Vietnam, losing control after the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
What is France?
Inspired by Gandhi, Kwame Nkrumah used this specific term to describe his campaign of non-violent non-cooperation.
What is Positive Action?
This celebrated tawaif used her wealth and position to gather intelligence and eventually fought in battle dressed as a man.
Azizun of Lucknow
This British archaeologist and officer led an Arab revolt against the Turks with the promise of freedom that was later broken.
Who is T.E. Lawrence (or Lawrence of Arabia)?
This massive Central African territory was once the private property of King Leopold II of Belgium before becoming a formal colony.
What is the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)?
In the Philippines, resistance fighters had to fight two different colonizers in a row: first the Spanish, and then this country.
What is the United States?