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Liberia Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Explore the rich history of Liberia with this engaging timeline game. Test your knowledge and critical thinking skills as you place events in their correct chronological order.

  • Learn about the founding of Liberia by freed American slaves in the early 19th century
  • Discover the country’s struggle for independence and eventual recognition by the international community
  • Challenge yourself with key historical events that shaped Liberia’s development (if applicable)
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  • 1822: Liberia is founded by freed American slaves
  • 1847: Declaration of independence from the American Colonization Society
  • 1989: First civil war breaks out in Liberia
  • 1996: Peace agreement signed to end the civil war
  • 1999: Second civil war begins in Liberia
  • 2003: Charles Taylor resigns as president and goes into exile
  • 2006: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first female president of Liberia
  • 2014-2016: Ebola outbreak in Liberia
  • 2017: George Weah elected as president of Liberia
  • 2022: Liberia celebrates its 200th anniversary
  • 2020-present: COVID-19 pandemic hits Liberia
  • 2021: Protests erupt in Liberia over government corruption
  • 2020: Liberia signs agreement with IMF for economic reform program
  • 2018: Liberia hosts ECOWAS summit
  • 2016: Liberia declared free of Ebola by WHO
  • 2009: Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases report
  • 2003: Liberian civil war ends with the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement
  • 1945: Liberia becomes a founding member of the United Nations
  • 1847: Liberian flag designed and adopted
  • 1847: Liberia gains independence from the American Colonization Society

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