South Africa
Dutch Colonists (Boers/Afrikaners)
- Original European settlers in South Africa, came in the 1600's (Cape Colony)
- Most were farmers
- Did not get along with the indigenous people
- Believed god had made white people superior
1805: British Take Control
- British encouraged their people to settle in the colony
Boer Reaction to British Control
- Unhappy with British control
- Moved further inland
- Started two different independent republics
- Orange Free State
- Transvaal
- Pushed native people off their land and frequently fought with the Zulu
- British and Boers combined to defeat the Zulu
Colonial Economy
- Cecil Rhodes
- Diamond and gold mining
- He was so important to the economy that he had significant political power
The Scramble for Africa - Timelines.tv History of Britain C08
- Same area as Boers
- Did not get along
- Tried to spark an uprising against the Transvaal government by British settlers
Boer War
- British fought to suppress the Boers
- Put Boer women and children in camps and burned crops, resulting in the death of some 20,000 of them
- 1902: war ends
- 1910: Britain creates South Africa out of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, for the most part, only white people can vote