Part one of term paper
The Gold Coast, now known as , is one of many civilizations of Africa. It was a British Colony until March 6, 1957, when it became independent as the State of . In 1471, the Portuguese invaded this area and became involved in gold trade, giving the region the name, The Gold Coast. They built forts to protect their monopoly of gold trade fro ...

Part two of term paper
... the Nineteenth Century the countries involved in slave trading began abolishing it as illegal and immoral. The British abolished it in 1807, the Danish is 1804 and the Dutch in 1814. In 1821, British forts were transferred from private ownership to government control. The Gold Coast became a British colony and the new government was known as the British Colony of Sierra Leone. In 1850, there was movement to establish a constitution. In 1851, an assembly convened to establish a legislat ...