SOUTHtiara dhianty ongso & kevin erning

AFRICA THE IMPACTS OF BRITS ON AFRIKAANERS

afrikaner(noun)

• a white South African who speaks Afrikaans as their first language, esp. one descended from Dutch settlers

• Also known as the Boers

March 1647 12 Dutch’s ships are stranded in the

Cape of Good Hope. In1652, under the command of

Jan Van Riebeeck, Cape of Good Hope become a

refreshment station and a Dutch colony. Trading and

bartering occur between the Dutch and the native people of the area.

Dutch Settlementin Cape of Good Hope

http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/1800shttp://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/history.htm

http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_boer2.htm

1st July, 1795 British Naval squadron entered False Bay.

After several battles, the Dutch withdrew and the Cape Colony became British Colony. Under the Treaty of Amiens,

the British was force to hand back the Cape. The British reinvaded

the Cape in the battle of Blouberg. The Royal Navy intercept

slave trades and slaves in the Cape were set free in 1834.

British Settlement

http://www.turtlesa.com/Cape%20History.html

The Groot TrekThe Groot Trek occurred in the 19th century with

more than 10,000 voortrekkers migrating from

the Cape colony. They wanted to be independent of

British Colony. They disagreed with the

Emancipation Act.

http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_gtre1.htmhttp://www.sahistory.org.za/south-africa-1806-1899/great-trek-1835-1846

GREAT

TREK

first Anglo-Boer War

The British annexed the Boer governed

Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or also

known as Transvaal. Boers opposed British

Rule and the first anglo-boer war broke out.

The British were defeated in Majuba Hill.

In the pretoria convention in 1881, Transvaal returned to the boers.

The battle of Majuba hill during the first Boer war

http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_boer2.htmhttp://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/history/anglo_boer_war.html

http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/First_Anglo-Boer_War_(South_African_Union)http://www.sahistory.org.za/south-africa-1806-1899/first-anglo-boer-war-1880-1881

Cape Colony

ZAR

Orange Free State Natal

Gold deposit was discovered in Witwatersrand,

Transvaal in 1886. Uitlanders flooded into transvaal

leading to the uitlander franchise. Brit-boer rivalry

and hatred resulted in the second anglo-boer war.

The war started in 1899 until 1902, longer than the

previous war and included guerilla, scorched earth and

concentration camps. The war ended with the treaty of Vereeniging.

second Anglo-Boer War

http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/1800s http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/history.htm

http://www.sahistory.org.za/south-africa-1652-1806/south-african-war-1899-1902-second-anglo-boer-war

The British implementing the scorched earth policy

De Boers using the long tom cannon in the siege of Mafeking

Boer guerilla commando during second Boer war

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OUTHY

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