Imperialism- South Africa

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  • Dutch

    The Dutch took South Africa

  • British imperialized Duch

    This was during the Napoleonic war

  • Language

    After they imperialised the Dutch the imposed the English language on South Africa

  • Boers vs Zulus

    They frequently battled with the indigenous Zulu people, but the Zulu's were still powerful

  • Colonised

    Because of the different "fights" of different groups, England decided to colonise South Africa because it was easier for them to control them like this.

  • Late 1800

    The Zulu's were defeated when the British joined the conflict, for this reason many other groups start to appear but fighting against each other

  • 1830

    The Boers moved from coastal lands to the northward on the Greek Trek The British say to the Boers that
    they had to but the laws they
    implemented, by the disagreement of this
    they decided to migrate to other parts
    of south Africa (Transvaal and the Orange Free
    State)

  • 1865

    White population in South Africa rise nearly to 200.000 people

  • British vs Zulu's

    British wanted to disband Zulus territory

  • Zulu's territory

    The British wined and disband the Zulu's territory

  • Cecil Rhodes

    He influenced the British policy in South Africa

  • Resign as Head of Cape Colony

    Due to the plan failed that he secretly backed he had to resign as head of the Cape Colony

  • Boers War

    This war was started because of diamonds and gold found on the Boers side

  • Boers cities

    British took most of Boers cities

  • Deaths

    they burned crops and force 120,00 Women and children to go to detention camps (this caused 20,000) deaths

  • Peace Treaty

    The Boers and the British firm a Peace Treaty

  • Indirect Rule

    Is introduced the concept of indirect rule to the Islamic state of Sokoto, in northern Nigeria.

  • Independent Union of South Africa

    British created a self- governing nation, and for Boers to agree, British said that whites with a fer propertied African, would be able to vote.

  • African National Congress

    In 1912 This congress was formed

  • Imperialsm in South Africa

    Many European countries divided up Africa (This was for a better control of the territory)

  • First stirrings of modern nationalism in Africa.

    They wanted to be self-dependant and independent, for this reason on the 1/4 of the 20th century they started to building up political parties and movements seeking the end of foreign rule.

  • Independent

    South Africa became independent of the British rule