The War of the Golden Stool, also called the Yaa Asantewaa War, was fought in 1900 as part of the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire. After the British occupied Ashanti territory in 1896, the Ashanti rose against British rule in 1900; British forces suppressed the uprising by capturing Kumasi and deporting the Ashanti leadership. The war ended in British victory, and the Ashanti territories became a British Crown Colony in 1902, though the Ashanti kept possession of the symbolic Golden Stool itself.
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CombatantsAshanti Empire versus the British Empire 1 OutcomeBritish victory; Ashanti annexed as a British Crown Colony 1 Classification
Conflict TypeColonial or Anti-Colonial War 1 Connections
Commanders and Forces
British Army and colonial forces fought the Ashanti in the 1900 War of the Golden Stool, the last of the Anglo-Ashanti Wars
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1. War of the Golden Stool - Wikipedia
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Typical fight in the forest, Anglo-Ashanti War of 1900 (Battles of the nineteenth century, 1901)
WebSearch summary [combatants]
British forces were commanded by Frederick Mitchell Hodgson and James Willcocks
WebSearch summary [outcome]
the annexation of Ashanti by the British so that it became part of His Majesty's dominions and a British Crown Colony
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The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign in 1900 during the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire (later Ashanti Region), an autonomous state in West Africa that fractiously co-existed with the British and its vassal coastal tribes.
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The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign in 1900 during the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire (later Ashanti Region), an autonomous state in West Africa that fractiously co-existed with the British and its vassal coastal tribes.
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The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign in 1900 during the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire (later Ashanti Region), an autonomous state in West Africa that fractiously co-existed with the British and its vassal coastal tribes.
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