GOLD COAST EXAMPREP 2026 COMPLETE
EXAM SET 300 QUESTIONS WITH REAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Sir Gordon Guggisberg. Answer: Constitutional reforms in the
1920s. Development and extension of railways, improved local
infrastructure.
◉ 1937. Answer: 'Cocoa hold-up'
◉ Complexities of the Gold Coast. Answer: The Gold Coast Colony,
the legally and administratevely separate colony of Ashanti, the
Northern Territories Protectorate, and Togoland under British
mandate
◉ Governor Burns. Answer: 1941-47. Tried to sell the Gold Coast as
a 'model colony'.
◉ O.G.R. Williams, Assistant Secretary at the C.O. Answer: Drafted a
memorandum on 'Constitutional Development in West Africa'
including five stages that might lead to the eventual reform of
central government
, ◉ United Gold Coast Convention. Answer: Founded in August 1947
demanding self-government in the shortest time possible
◉ Riots. Answer: 28 February 1948. Lives were lost with criticism
from the Us and USSR. Emergency powers were declared by the
British.
◉ In response to the Riots..... Answer: The Watson Commission of
Enquiry. 1946 constitution 'outmoded at birth'. Recommended to
increase the size of the Legislative Council and to its extend its
jurisdiction over the entire country and give Africans executive
responsibility in government
◉ 1946 constitution. Answer: Constitutional amendments on 29
March 1946 enabled the colony to be the first in Africa to have a
majority of black members in its legislature. Did not grant full self-
government as executive power remained in the hands of the
governor, to who the Legislative Council was responsible.
◉ CO Agenda Committee on the Conference of African Governors.
Answer: May 1947. 'Internal self-government is unlikely to be
achieved in much less than a generation'. However the Riots and
Watson Commission ruined this timeline.
EXAM SET 300 QUESTIONS WITH REAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Sir Gordon Guggisberg. Answer: Constitutional reforms in the
1920s. Development and extension of railways, improved local
infrastructure.
◉ 1937. Answer: 'Cocoa hold-up'
◉ Complexities of the Gold Coast. Answer: The Gold Coast Colony,
the legally and administratevely separate colony of Ashanti, the
Northern Territories Protectorate, and Togoland under British
mandate
◉ Governor Burns. Answer: 1941-47. Tried to sell the Gold Coast as
a 'model colony'.
◉ O.G.R. Williams, Assistant Secretary at the C.O. Answer: Drafted a
memorandum on 'Constitutional Development in West Africa'
including five stages that might lead to the eventual reform of
central government
, ◉ United Gold Coast Convention. Answer: Founded in August 1947
demanding self-government in the shortest time possible
◉ Riots. Answer: 28 February 1948. Lives were lost with criticism
from the Us and USSR. Emergency powers were declared by the
British.
◉ In response to the Riots..... Answer: The Watson Commission of
Enquiry. 1946 constitution 'outmoded at birth'. Recommended to
increase the size of the Legislative Council and to its extend its
jurisdiction over the entire country and give Africans executive
responsibility in government
◉ 1946 constitution. Answer: Constitutional amendments on 29
March 1946 enabled the colony to be the first in Africa to have a
majority of black members in its legislature. Did not grant full self-
government as executive power remained in the hands of the
governor, to who the Legislative Council was responsible.
◉ CO Agenda Committee on the Conference of African Governors.
Answer: May 1947. 'Internal self-government is unlikely to be
achieved in much less than a generation'. However the Riots and
Watson Commission ruined this timeline.
