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TheBritish replaced the Portuguese as the main Europeans in West Africa by the 1800’s. When the Oba, king of Benin, tried to stop trade with Europeans, the British sent a diplomatic mission to assert their “right” to trade. Benin soldiers attacked, and Britain used this as a pretext to invade. troops entered the capital, deposed the king and killed hundreds, founding the British Niger Coast Protectorate.