The course examines the nineteenth century history of the states and people that later came to constitute modern Ghana. It briefly discusses the state of modern Ghana of 1800 and analyze the expansion of the Asante Empire and the growth of authority at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It examines Asante’s relation with the southern states and the Europeans on the coast. The course further discusses the relations between the people and states of Ghana, on one hand, and between the people and the British, on the other hand, up to 1800. Finally, it examines the imposition of colonial rule on the states and people of Ghana and how the people responded to it.