<P> The coastal peoples did not greet this move with enthusiasm . They were not consulted about this annexation, which arbitrarily set aside the Bond of 1844 and treated its signatories like conquered territories . The British, however, made no claim to any rights to the land, a circumstance that probably explains the absence of popular resistance . Shortly after declaring the coastal area a colony, the British moved the colonial capital from Cape Coast to the former Danish castle at Christiansborg in Accra . </P> <P> The British sphere of influence was eventually extended to include Asante . Following the defeat of Asante in 1896, the British proclaimed a protectorate over the kingdom . Once the asantehene and his council had been exiled, the British appointed a resident commissioner to Asante, who was given both civil and criminal jurisdiction over the territories . Each Asante state was administered from Kumasi as a separate entity and was ultimately responsible to the governor of the Gold Coast . As noted above, Asante became a colony following its final defeat in 1901 . </P> <P> In the meantime, the British became interested in the broad areas north of Asante, known generally as the Northern Territories . This interest was prompted primarily by the need to forestall the French and the Germans, who had been making rapid advances in the surrounding areas . British officials had first penetrated the area in the 1880s, and after 1896 protection was extended to northern areas whose trade with the coast had been controlled by Asante . In 1898 and 1899, European colonial powers amicably demarcated the boundaries between the Northern Territories and the surrounding French and German colonies . The Northern Territories were proclaimed a British protectorate in 1902 . </P> <P> Like the Asante protectorate, the Northern Territories were placed under the authority of a resident commissioner who was responsible to the governor of the Gold Coast . The governor ruled both Asante and the Northern Territories by proclamations until 1946 . </P>

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