Imperialism in South Africa

  • Zulu defeated

    Zulu empire was expanded and creates a fighting force to defeat of the British military that was joined into the conflict.
  • The Boers moved and create two independent republics.

    The Boers moved from the coastal lands and headed northward on the Great Trek, as they were disgusted with the British Rule. Also 1 out of 5 Dutch-speaking South Africa join them. And between the Orange and Vaal Rivers and in the region north of the Vaal River they create two independent republics called Orange Free State and the Transvaal, that were later called South African Republics
  • Cecil Rhodes

    Minerals such as gold and diamonds where found by Cecil Rhodes, that generates much money, and this influence in the British policy during imperialism time.
  • The Boer War

    Fierce guerrilla resistance was implement, and British responded by burning crops and forcing about 120,000 Boer women and children into detention camps, where lack of food caused some 20,000 deaths. British "won".
  • End of the Boer War

    A piece treaty was signed and the Boer war finished.
  • Indirect Rule

    The concept of indirect rule was introduced in the Islamic state of Sokoto, in northern Nigeria.
  • Built of the Independent Union of South Africa

    This empire would be a self-governing nation with democracy, but only whites, and a few propertied Africans, can vote.
  • Division of Africa

    Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal divided up Africa. Only Liberia, and Ethiopia remained free states. Native peoples that resist were devastated by the Europeans' superior military force.