History of Apartheid and the Arrival of Europeans to South America

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  • 1st Europeans

    1st Europeans
    Dutch East India Company landed with the first Euopean settlers on the Cape of Good Hope.

  • Establish Independant Republic

    Establish Independant Republic
    Boers (or Afrikaans) settlers tried to establish an independeant

  • Britain takes permant possission

    Britain took permanent possession of the Cape Colony.

  • Discovery of diamonds

    Discovery of diamonds
    The discovery of Diamonds in South Africa.

  • War between British & Boers

    War between British & Boers
    War broke out between the British and the Boers

  • Boers were defeated

    Boers were defeated
    The Boers were defeated.

  • African National Congress

    The establishment of the African National Congress.

  • Union of South Africa

    The Union of South Africa was created.

  • Black voters removed from roll

    Black voters were remover from the voters' roll.

  • Joins the United Nations

    South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations.

  • White Supremacist National Party

    White Supremacist National Party comes to power.

  • Group Areas Acts

    Group Areas Acts forced 1.5 million Africans to move from cities to rural townships.

  • Protesters killed

    70 black protesters were killed during peaceful demonstration.

  • South Africa declared itself a republic

    South Africa declared itself a republic.

  • Nelson Mandela, sentenced to life in prison

    The leader of the antiapartheid organization, Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to life in prison.

  • Nelson Mandela released

    Nelson Mandela was released from prison.