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The cape of good Hope
The Dutch East India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 -
Napoleonic wars, and their effects
During the Napoleonic Wars, the Cape Colony was annexed by the British and officially became their colony in 1815. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, bringing in 5,000 settlers. -
the great trek
Anglicization of government and the freeing of slaves in 1833 drove about 12,000 Afrikaners to make the “great trek” north and east into African tribal territory, where they established the republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. -
the "inevitable" war
What British expansionists called the “inevitable” war with the Boers broke out on Oct. 11, 1899. -
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act,
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, and Immorality Act, 1950, constituted the government’s first step in institutionalizing racial differentiation -
The Groups Areas Act
The Groups Areas Act, 1950, restricted the entrance of Blacks into the urban, industrial, and agricultural areas, reserving these areas only for the Whites. -
The Population Registration Act
The Population Registration Act in 1950, required that all Africans were classified into three categories according to race. -
The Bantu Authorities Act
The Bantu Authorities Act, 1951, assigned all Africans to their native land. This stole power away from the Africans, and instead allowed them to vote solely within their homeland. -
The Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act
The Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act, 1952, required all Africans to carry a pass-book, similar to a passport -
Sharpesville
In 1960, 70 black protesters were killed during a peaceful demonstration in Sharpesville. -
going against the Suppression of Communism Act
Mandela was convicted of going against the Suppression of Communism Act and sent to Johannesburg prison for six months. After the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, the ANC was outlawed. Mandela continued to fight for the rights of his people, traveling illegally outside South Africa in 1962 -
Nelson Mandela's imprisonment
Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 -
A new president
Apartheid's grip on South Africa began to give way when F. W. de Klerk replaced P. W. Botha as president in 1989. -
The end of Apartheid
Apartheid finally came to an end in 1990 when president F.W. de Klerk announced a formal end to the apartheid. -
apartheid laws all gone away
By 1991 The sanctions, created by the UN, were repealed as well as all apartheid laws.
