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The Dutch Settle in The Cape
The Dutch (Boers) settle in the Cape of Good Hope to find a way station for their ships that sail from the Dutch East Indies and the Netherlands. -
British Take Over the Cape Colony
British take over the Cape of Good Hope and fought over British polocies. -
Slave Trade Abolished
Britian abolishes slave trade in Africa. -
Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu establishes the Zulu kingdom to fight against the British. -
Quinine
The drug quinine was perfected and prevented Europeans from malaria. -
Trading in Africa
Trading in Africa becomes well established. -
Livingstone
David Livingstone: Missionary from Scottland who went deep into Africa and disapeared. -
Diamonds
Diamonds were discovered in South Afica and sparked interest to Europeans, making them want to colonize there. -
Livingstone Found by Stanley
Henry Stanley was sent into Africa to find Livingstone and found him on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Stanley said the famous greeting--"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". -
Battle of Ulundi
Zulus lost Battle of Ulundi against the European army. As a result they lost their kingdom. -
British Invation
The British invade the Zulu after Shaka would not dismiss his army. The Zulus nearly defeated the Europeans. -
The Scramble
The scramble for African territory had begun. -
Berlin Conference
14 Europeans countries got together at the Berlin Conference to set rules for deviding Africa. Any European country could claim whatver part of Africa they want as long as the other countries know. -
Gold
Gold was found in South Africa and it made the Europeans want to colonize there. -
British Control Over Zulus
The Zulus fell under British control -
Menelik II
Emporer of Ethiopia. He is the reason Ethiopia was the only country that successfully reesisted the Europeans. He made the Italians, French and the British fight with eachother since they all wanted Ethiopia. Menelik was building a large selection of modern weapons from France and Russia. -
Battle of Adowa
Italy was trying to take over northern Ethiopia so Menelik II declared war. They beat the Italians and continues building their stock of modern weapons. -
Spanish-American War
America wins Spanish-American War which took place in mainly Cuba and the Philippines. -
Dutch against British
The Dutch blamed the British for countries around the world wanting to South Africa to take part in the diamonds and gold discovery. The Dutch took up arms against them. This created the Boer War. -
Britians Victory
Britian won the Boer War and the Boer republics joined into a self-governing Union in South Africa that was ruled by the British.
