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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