The Commonwealth of Nations - Uganda by Adrian Viksund Alihajdaraj https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks av Adrian Alihajdaraj og Alexander Wergeland en-us 2017-05-10 07:51:54 UTC 2025-04-09 15:15:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Uganda prior to colonialism. adrali https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170942271 Before the territory that is today, Uganda, was made into a British protectorate at the end of the 19th century, the region was divided between several closely related Kingdoms. 

Uganda, on the equator and surrounded by great lakes, was one of the last parts of Africa to be reached by outsiders. During the 1840s, Arab traders in search of slaves and ivory arrived, soon to be followed by British explorers.

The existence of various African kingdoms (Ankole, Toro and Bunyoro) had a profound influence on Ugandas development during the colonial period. When the scramble of Africa began in the 1880s, Ugandas remote interior region was not immediately in the sights of colonial predators.

When separate spheres of interest were agreed, in 1886, the area of modern Kenya fell to Britain.


]]> 2017-05-10 07:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170942271 Population alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170943675 About 38 million]]> 2017-05-10 08:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170943675 Geographical location alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170943981 East Africa]]> 2017-05-10 08:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170943981 Languages alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170944281 English/Swahili]]> 2017-05-10 08:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170944281 Government alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170944621 Republic]]> 2017-05-10 08:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170944621 Capital alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170944937 Kampala]]> 2017-05-10 08:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170944937 When did the country become part of the British Empire, and how? alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170945329 Uganda become a part of the British Empire in 1894, when the British Empire claimed the territory]]> 2017-05-10 08:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170945329 When did the country gain independence, and how did it happen? alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170946398 Uganda gained independence in 1962. Uganda simply asked to be independent.]]> 2017-05-10 08:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170946398 What did the British gain from having Uganda as part of the British Empire? adrali https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170954588 -Slaves and slavemasters
-Ivory, diamond
-British East Empire Companies
-Making that good money from the present resources
-Resources range from cotton, tea, sugarcane, and tobacco (Byrnes)]]> 2017-05-10 09:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170954588 alewer https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170954871 2017-05-10 09:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170954871 Difficulties during the colonization of Uganda adrali https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170955648 At the time of African colonization, between 1890 and 1926, Europeans were seeking natural goods and economic gain. To the British, the purpose in controlling Uganda was the money to be made from various resources, and Uganda's leader Metusa I was forcefully converted to christianity by British explorers John Speke and Henry Stanley. 

This conversion ignited a competition between British Protestants, German Protestants, French Catholics, and the Islamic missionaries. The Protestants and Catholics defeated the Islamic missionaries, and then went on to fight themselves, in which the Protestants achieved victory, creating reinforced ties with the British. It was at that time (1894) Uganda became a British colony. The British treated the Bugandans (Uganda natives) relatively well, but marginalized and upset the northern tribes of Uganda.]]> 2017-05-10 09:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/adrali/Bookmarks/wish/170955648