Boer war

The First Boer War

By clairesturr

  • T.F. Burgers is president

    T.F. Burgers is president
    T. F. Burgers was the president of South Africa from 1872 to 1877. This was right before the annexation. He was a key person in the revolts against the Brits.

  • The Annexation

    The Annexation
    The British annexed the Transvaal Republic (South Africa). On 12 April 1877 a proclamation of annexation was read out in Church Square in Pretoria. The Boers were not happy with this.

  • Delegates to England

    Delegates to England
    In May 1877 the Boers decided to send a delegates to England to make sure that the British government knew that most of the Boers in the Transvaal Republic didn't support the annexation. This failed and the delegates did not return succesful.

  • The Anglo-Zulu war

    The Anglo-Zulu war
    During the Anglo-Zulu war the Zulus lost to the British, this was supposed to increase british standing in South Africa, but it didn't. The Boers were showing more and more non-violent opposition.

  • The wagon conflict

    The wagon conflict
    The first open conflict between the Brits and the Boers happened in November 1880 in Potchefstroom. A man named Bezuidenhout wouldn't pay extra money on his agon because he said he had already paid his taxes. The Brits then took away his wagon. Then on the 11th of November 1880 100 boers took back the wagon from the Brits and returned it to Bezuidenhout.

  • The official rejection of British rule

    The official rejection of British rule
    On 13 December 1880 the boer leaders announced the restoration of the Transvaal Republic. Three days later they raised their flag at Heidelberg, officially rejecting British authority. These actions offcially started the war

  • Battle of Majuba Hill

    Battle of Majuba Hill
    The British agreed to stop fighting as long as the Boers gave up their hopes of independance. Negotiation helped nothing. The same day the Boers kicked the Brits' butts during the battle of Majuba Hill. The Boers killed over 200 British soldiers and only lost 2.

  • The End of The War

    The End of The War
    The British signed the Pretoria Convention giving the Boers 'complete self-government, subject to the suzerainty of Her Majesty Queen Victoria'. The war was finally over and there was peace between the Boers an dthe Brits... for now.