British-Ijebu conflict of 1892

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The British-Ijebu conflict of 1892 was a colonial-era military campaign in which British forces defeated the Ijebu Kingdom in present-day southwestern Nigeria, paving the way for expanded British control and the consolidation of colonial rule in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-African war ⓘ
colonial war ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aftermath Ijebu Kingdom brought under British influence ⓘ
Ijebu territory integrated into expanding British-controlled areas ⓘ
strengthening of British political authority in Yorubaland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British–Ijebu War ⓘ
Ijebu Expedition of 1892 ⓘ
belligerent Ijebu Kingdom ⓘ
Royal Niger Company ⓘ
conflictBetween British Empire ⓘ
Ijebu Kingdom ⓘ
consequence consolidation of British colonial rule in the region ⓘ
defeat of the Ijebu Kingdom ⓘ
expanded British control in southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
opening of trade routes into the interior of Yorubaland ⓘ
countryInvolved Nigeria (present-day) ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria

United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1892 ⓘ
followedBy further British military and political interventions in Yorubaland ⓘ
hasCause British desire to secure trade routes between Lagos and the Yoruba interior ⓘ
British imperial policy of territorial expansion in West Africa ⓘ
Ijebu resistance to British commercial and political penetration ⓘ
hasContext British efforts to control hinterland routes from Lagos ⓘ
competition over customs duties and control of trade ⓘ
hasEthnicContext Ijebu people ⓘ
Yoruba peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba people
locatedIn Ijebu territory ⓘ
Yorubaland ⓘ
present-day southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
militaryObjective securing free passage for trade caravans ⓘ
subjugation of the Ijebu Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British colonial expansion in West Africa ⓘ
scramble for Africa ⓘ
linked to: Scramble for Africa
precededBy earlier diplomatic tensions between British authorities and Ijebu Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo British colonialism in Africa ⓘ
Lagos Colony ⓘ
Yoruba history ⓘ
history of Nigeria ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance important episode in resistance to colonial rule in Nigeria ⓘ
key step in British consolidation of southern Nigeria ⓘ
startTime 1892 ⓘ
timePeriod colonial era ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ijebu Kingdom → notableEvent → British-Ijebu conflict of 1892 ⓘ
Ijebu people → notableHistoricalEvent → British-Ijebu war of 1892 ⓘ
linked to: British-Ijebu conflict of 1892
British-Ijebu conflict of 1892 → alsoKnownAs → Ijebu Expedition of 1892 ⓘ
linked to: British-Ijebu conflict of 1892
British-Ijebu conflict of 1892 → alsoKnownAs → British–Ijebu War ⓘ
linked to: British-Ijebu conflict of 1892