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Making of Modern South Africa
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- imperialism
- anglo-boer war
consolidation of the white state
gold rush
piet retief
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Making of Modern South Africa
Imperialism
definition: the practice of increasing a nations power by taking control of other nations and their resources
Britain
new investment opportunities
protection of existing trade
spread british beliefs
Piet Retief
traveller boer
attempted to make peace with the zulu
warrior tribe
zulu murdered travellers during a peace dinner
Boers fight back
3,000 zulus died
blood river
Boer nationalism
sense of victory over wild and adversity
retief also killed
Anglo-Boer War
Cecil Rhodes became Premier of Cape Town
arch enemy of Paul kruger - premier of transvaal
in order to fulfill the telegraph plan it need to pass through transvall
failure of Jameson Raid
firing of cecile
tensions between Boers and british
each side expected the other to be plotting a war
broke trust
11th October 1899 - war declared
british thought the war would be easy - BEF (British Expeditionary force
1. The Boer Offensive - Pre-emptive attack - Oct to dec
2. British Offensive Jan 1900 - new soldiers
3. Guerrila Campaign
Boers turned disdvantages to advantages
used their knowledge of the land
Boers didnt have a uniform
created a sense of confusion
Scorched Earth Campaign
British burnet everything
not food or resources
March 1901
Ended may 1902 - Boer's surrendered
Treaty of Vereeninging
very generous terms to Boers due to british embarassment for their treatment
self government, payed debts etc.
Colonisation
silk road
dangerous and needed a safer route
trip by boat was very long and trecherous around Africa
Dutch East India Company
set up colony in Cape town as a bass for ships
Van Riebeeck and 125 settlers
Left 24 December 1651 - arrived 5 April 1652
1657: Settlement Successful
1658: Slaves introduced
cheap labour
alot to do
came from east coast of africa and madagascar
constant market from passing ships
Boer Nationalism
over coming adversity
settlers associated more with the cape than the netherland
Arrival of the British
1795 - Cape given as a present for helping defeat Napolean
gained control in 1814
Boer felt betrayed and that it wasnt the Dutch gov's land to give
changes caused tensions
british newspaper
English speaking schools
British legal system
1833: British Emmancipation Act - ban on slavery
Boers lost power and workers
Boers left and spread to other parts of South Africa
15,000 people
1834-1840
deaths : starvation, disease, animals, tribes
first boer state - Natalia - 1839
taken my British in 1843
1856: Boer states joined to form South African republic
british lost interest due to no seeming value
Gold Rush
1867: Gold discovered in North Orange River
Brought thousands of foreigners of 'Utilanders '
10,000 people of mixed origin
1896: Johannesburg built around this industry
Cecile Rhodes
owned a number of diamond companies
bought a lot of mines
wanted british control of South Africa back
wanted to connect Cape town with Cairo due to british connection with Egypt
Consolidation of the White State
white people have all the power
1910: modern day South Africa was created
1912: Protest groups emerge - ANC
educated black South Africans wanting equal rights
Segregation
Black citizens had 0 rights
1943: Youth league of Anc
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