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Contact between Nigeria and Europe began. The territory was going to be assigned to Britain.
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The fall of the Songhai Empire established a period of disunion and independence among Nigerian territories. This was one reason that British Colonialism was so successful.
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This was caused by the decline of the slave trade. The decline was also influenced by British Colonialism.
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The period of British influence in the Niger area.
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The time period in which British Trade was only in Lagos and the Delta ports of Calabar, Brass, and Bonny.
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The Abolition of Slave Trade Act was passed by Parliament in 1807. This act taxed captains of slave ships for each slave they transported. The Slavery Abolition Act freed all slaves in the British Empire.
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Lagos was annexed after becoming a British Colony.
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The time period when the Lagos Colony was in Nigeria.
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The end of the Slave Trade left a hole in European-African capitalist commerce. Explorers and entrepeneurs composed many of the Scramble to Africa. Many of these explorers came in search of the fabled city of Timbuktu.
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The First Boer War begins, asserting Britain as the "top dog" in Africa, and annexing the southern tip of the continent.
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The time period in which the Protectorate of South Nigeria lasted.
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The time period in which the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria lasted.
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At this point in time, Great Britain has entirely colonized current day Nigeria.
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The Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria unite to form the Royal Colony of Nigeria.
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In this period, Britain lost its political and economic power over Nigeria. After the country became independent, Britain cut off all ties, however, already existing establishments continued to influence the area.
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The Lagos Colony formed with the Southern Protectorate to create the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria.
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Britain passes Nigerian Constitution, liberating the country of British sovereignty.
